Health and Social Care Partnership receives telecare award for integrating digital solutions
Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has announced that the Argyll and Bute Telecare Team has been awarded Bronze at this year's…
Assistive health and care partnership provides uninterrupted support during the telecare transition
East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has been awarded the Gold Level Two Digital Telecare Implementation Award in recognition of the recent progress…
New measures will ensure telecare devices continue to work through the digital switchover
Companies in charge of maintaining the UK’s internet and phone infrastructure have agreed to new measures to protect vulnerable people as their landlines are upgraded…
TEC solution alerts carers of high bathroom occupancy to provide efficient preventative care
Wirral Council, Medequip, and 2iC-Care have collaborated to put 2iC-Care’s interoperable technology-enabled care solution, Andi, to the test. Andi, winner of the ITEC Innovation Award…
Scammers use analogue digital switchover to target vulnerable residents that use telecare devices
Councils have warned that criminals are exploiting the analogue to digital switchover to scam vulnerable residents who use telecare monitoring devices into giving out personal…
DHSC responds to the telecare ‘digital shift’ with Telecare Stakeholder Action Plan
A new report from FarrPoint, commissioned by Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), has highlighted the impact that the analogue switch-off will have on…
Council introduces digital cloud-based platform to manage its community telecare system
East Renfrewshire Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to introduce a fully digital, cloud-based platform for handling its community alarm system, having…
More than 750,000 users could be reliant on outdated telecare technology by 2025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…
EXCLUSIVE: TEC digital transition and reducing the disruption of services
Gary Steen, CTO at Tunstall Healthcare Gary Steen, Chief Technology Officer at Tunstall Healthcare, discusses the technology-enabled care (TEC) digital transition, the impact that this…
Guest article: What the analogue switch-off means for telecare
Richard Parkinson, Director at FarrPoint In this article, Richard Parkinson, Director at digital connectivity consultancy FarrPoint, discusses what the analogue switch-off means for telecare service…