Telecare industry and NHS work together to design TEC urgent community response tool
The TEC Services Association (TSA) has helped design an innovative technology-enabled care (TEC) urgent community response tool that improves responsiveness to patient…
EXCLUSIVE: How Waltham Forest Council put the customer back into the heart of its Blue Badge service
Georgianna Young, Customer Service and Business Support Manager at Waltham Forest Council, discusses how overhauling an outdated Blue Badge scheme application process with a user-friendly…
NHS expands falls response services to prevent unnecessary trips to hospitals
Rapid response teams to help people who have fallen at home and control centres that constantly track beds and attendances are among new NHS plans…
Video: Google’s new smartphones help people with vision impairments take selfies easily
People with low vision or who are blind can now capture selfies more easily with a combination of precise audio guidance, high-contrast visual animations, and…
£52k funding to support a new generation of digital health professionals
Health Education England (HEE) has given digital innovation in the future workforce a boost with the injection of funding to support a new generation of…
Shopping centre improves visitor accessibility with new modular Changing Places facility
Visitors to the Whiteley Shopping Centre in Fareham, Hampshire, with complex care needs will be able to access the toilet more easily thanks to a…
Council selects telecare provider to help migrate to digital tech
South Lanarkshire Council has recently awarded Careium its telecare equipment contract, as part of a project to migrate its community alarm clients to a digital…
Assistive tech provider urges walking aid returns during National Recycle Week 2022
Outsourced community equipment service (CES) provider Medequip is encouraging the return of vital walking aids, such as walking sticks, frames, rollators, and crutches, which can…
Intelligent AI to enhance health product accessibility for people who are blind or partially sighted
Technology giant Microsoft and Haleon, a multinational healthcare company, are working together to make health products more accessible for people with vision impairments via AI…
Let’s Get It Clear: Managing progressive disorders
Figure 2. The Aergo PS seating system Many people need assistive products to help overcome physical, mental, or ‘behavioural’ impairments. For many people these impairments…