Mobility retailer launches virtual OT assessment service to beat lengthy waiting times
Kate Makin, Resident Occupational Therapist at Ability Superstore One of the UK’s largest online mobility aid retailers, Ability Superstore, has relaunched its virtual Occupational Therapy…
£500,000 funding awarded to “ground-breaking” TEC service to generate predictive insights
Credit: Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) for the North West Coast A Lancashire technology-enabled care (TEC) firm has won a £500,000 funding boost to develop…
£119,000 funding to support independent care sector in Kirklees and enable more joined-up working
Kirklees Council is joining forces with NHS Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to support the independent care sector in Kirklees. A £119,000 investment in the…
Partnership to deliver next-generation preventative telecare services to council’s residents
An innovative new council programme will see upwards of £ million invested to transform telecare services for thousands of residents in Wirral over the next…
Innovative wheelchair sharing solution coming to two northeast hospitals in UK first
Two northeast hospitals are set to be the first in the UK to introduce an innovative solution to support patients, visitors and staff who need…
Patients at NHS Trust set to benefit from new speech and language equipment and rehab tech
Patients at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH) are set to benefit from a range of new assistive technologies. The new kit…
Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership asks residents to return unused assistive equipment
Local residents are being asked to return medical equipment they have been given by the Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership (DHSCP) that they no…
Telehealth service wins prestigious innovation award
A new Manchester-based telehealth service, which brings community pharmacy to people’s homes, has won a prestigious award. PAMAN – thought to be the world’s first…
Council introduces “fairer” standardised telecare charging for all residents
Cheshire East Council’s adults and health committee has agreed to implement standardised charging for its telecare service. Telecare encompasses a range of electronic devices that…
Charity donates bespoke assistive tech to hospice to give children a better quality of life
Children’s charity Lifelites has donated a brand-new bespoke package of life-changing technology worth tens of thousands of pounds to support life-limited and disabled young people…