Councils call on Prime Minister to deliver on her promise to provide more funding for social care
Prime Minister Liz Truss As the cost-of-living crisis could add £ billion to the costs of delivering social care, councils are calling on the new…
Just four percent of initial PIP decisions were overturned at a tribunal hearing
190,000 new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claims have received clearance along with 70,000 awards reviews cleared. These latest figures come from the Department for Work…
More than 750,000 users could be reliant on outdated telecare technology by 2025
An estimated 18,750 specialist housing developments for older and vulnerable communities could still be without digital telecare and warden call services by 2025. This is…
£6.75m national network to build a “collaborative research, development and innovation landscape”
A new £ million national network, Innovation Launchpad Network+, will bring together leading universities, the Catapult Network and regional innovation ecosystems to enrich the exchange…
£2m research to explore age- and disability-related stigmas create additional barriers
New research, led by University of Stirling Housing Expert Dr Vikki McCall, exploring the impact of stigma on fuelling inequalities experienced by UK disabled adults…
‘Revolutionary’ project awarded grant to develop soft sensors for paediatric upper limb therapy
The Biomedical Catalyst (BMC) has awarded a grant worth over £800,000 to a pioneering project that will bring interactive rehabilitation technology for children with cerebral…
New research finds NHS staff crisis threatens to undermine virtual ward advances
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act data obtained by digital health technology provider Spirit Health has revealed the scale of the recruitment crisis that threatens to…
£1.4m UKRI grant will help older people be more active with help of assistive tech
AI start-up Tendertec has won funding for an interesting £ million project to encourage sustainable physical activity in older people through the use of helpful…
Interesting government evaluation of assistive tech training pilot in schools is published
Policymakers, researchers, and developers of assistive technologies may find a new evaluation from the Department for Education (DfE) about an assistive technology training pilot ran…
A call for evidence to determine inequality in medical devices has been launched
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is seeking views to find out how medical devices and technologies may be exacerbating inequalities in healthcare.…