Graphnet remote monitoring grows across 16 NHS organisations

NHS organisations are expanding the use of remote monitoring services in a bid to deliver more care closer to home, reduce pressure on hospitals, and identify deterioration earlier.

Graphnet Health has announced that it is now supporting 84 live clinical pathways across 16 NHS organisations spanning nine integrated care systems and a site in Scotland through Luscii-powered Graphnet Remote Monitoring.

Peter Almond, head of service for digital and administration at Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are delighted to be working with Luscii and Graphnet to develop this service further, supporting the NHS 10 year plan ambition to shift more care from hospitals into the community and expand digitally enabled care at home.”

In Stockport, for example, services are using remote monitoring to support pathways including heart failure, frailty and respiratory care, helping patients receive acute support safely at home.

More than 2.2 million patient measurements have been submitted through the platform since the expansion began, supporting services including heart failure, COPD, frailty, diabetes, respiratory care, virtual wards, and long-term condition management.

Rachel Foster, project lead for the remote monitoring pilot at Family Nursing & Home Care, said: “Family Nursing & Home Care is proud to be working in partnership with Graphnet and Luscii to explore how remote monitoring technology can support more proactive, preventative care for Islanders.

“With support from Digital Jersey’s CareTech programme, this pilot will help us test new ways of identifying early deterioration and supporting people with frailty and long-term conditions to remain well and independent at home.”

The wider Graphnet platform is used across more than 20 NHS integrated care systems, supporting around 17 million people via shared care records, population health management and connected care services.

Heart failure and COPD currently represent the largest areas of adoption, alongside pathways supporting frailty, hypertension, respiratory conditions and diabetes.

Additional pathways include acute respiratory infections, asthma, bronchiectasis, COVID-19, paediatrics, palliative care, Parkinson’s, pneumonia, OPAT and oxygen weaning.

NHS interest in remote monitoring has continued to grow across both acute and community settings, Graphnet said, with services increasingly using digital tools to help clinicians identify deterioration earlier, reduce unnecessary hospital attendance and support more patients safely at home.

Markus Bolton, executive director at Graphnet Health, said: “This is a clear example of how remote monitoring is now scaling rapidly across the NHS.

“What’s particularly encouraging is the breadth of pathways now live. This is no longer confined to individual pilots or isolated services. Remote monitoring is increasingly being embedded across community, acute and long-term care, which is where it starts to have real transformational impact.

“Building on the remote monitoring capability already established across the NHS, this latest expansion shows how services can scale more quickly when the right infrastructure is already in place.”