Health boards and local authorities in Wales to support people in hospital to return home
The Welsh Government has launched a 50-day challenge to help more people safely return home from hospital and to ease winter pressures on our health…
50 percent of local authorities in Scotland have made plans to introduce assistive technologies
The Digital Office for Scottish Local Government has published findings from FarrPoint’s new report on the National Telecare Landscape Review. The National Telecare Landscape Review…
Council delays decision regarding the future of its assistive tech service
Following a recent consultation exercise, a decision over the future of Tendring District Council’s (TDC) Careline Service is set to be delayed. Careline was launched…
Free webinar to discuss the history of prosthetics and assistive tech
The University of York will hold a webinar that discusses the history of prosthetics and assistive technology in classical antiquity in December. A prosthetic is…
AT retailer partners with charity to enhance support for people with neurological conditions
Online assistive technology retailer AT Superstore has announced a new partnership with The Brain Charity to enhance support for individuals with neurological conditions. This collaboration…
NHS to upgrade its 24-hour live data centres and offer more falls services for older people
The NHS is upgrading its 24-hour live data centres to manage demand, strengthening same-day emergency care, and offering more falls services for older people, as…
NHS trust trials assistive technologies for its new National Rehabilitation Centre
Equipment tracking, artificially intelligent CCTV, and voice-activated environmental controls are some of the technologies being trialled at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust to support…
Hospital at Home service in Scotland saved an estimated £36.3m in post-hospital care
As funding allocations for NHS boards were announced, a new report from Healthcare Improvement Scotland has revealed that the number of patients using Hospital at…
Assistive housing facility to help disabled people learn new skills and adapt to independent living
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has opened a new home in Greenwich for people with learning disabilities and autistic people. The independent living service will…
CES combines high levels of stock and systems to reduce hospital discharge delays in NHS hospitals
Community equipment service (CES) provider Medequip has reported successfully supporting over 100,000 discharges each year from NHS hospitals across the country. Facilitating hospital discharges makes…