Care charities say telecare is ‘crucial to future’
The chief executives of two UK care charities have stressed the importance of telecare services and called for the current eligibility criteria for such services to be scrapped. Speaking at a telehealthcare conference organised by specialists Tunstall in London yesterday, Stephen Burke, chief executive of Counsel and Care, and Imelda Redmond, chief executive of Carers […]
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Revised telecare framework promises £4.1m savings
The telecare national framework agreement has been updated and should offer potential extra savings of £4.1m according to the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA). NHS PASA has completed its second annual review of the telecare National Framework Agreement (NFA) following the launch in June 2006. The newly updated framework introduces 145 new product lines, […]
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Nottingham to mainstream telehealth
Nottingham City PCT has agreed to mainstream telehealth with the purchase of new monitors from specialists Tunstall, following a successful year-long pilot. The PCT will use Tunstall’s Genesis DM monitors to monitor around 800 people each year with long-term conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and congestive heart failure. The decision to mainstream telehealth […]
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Tunstall sell controlling interest to Charterhouse
Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired a controlling interest in The Tunstall Group, in a transaction totalling £514m. The company’s existing management and selling shareholders will retain an interest valued at £66m on the same terms as Charterhouse. James Buckley, chief executive of Tunstall Group, said: “I am delighted to be working […]
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Walsall and Hull begin mass telehealth deployment
Walsall PCT and Hull PCT have begun large-scale deployments of telehealth equipment from Tunstall to monitor people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and congestive heart failure (CHF) in their own homes. Both PCTs are using Genesis monitors from Tunstall in an attempt to ensure best use of healthcare resources, reduce COPD and CHF related […]
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Tunstall deploy telehealth for COPD at Milton Keynes
Telehealth specialists Tunstall have teamed up with Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust and Milton Keynes Community Alarm Service to help give patients suffering from conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), to live healthily and independently at home. The trust hopes that the move towards monitoring patients from their homes will save them up […]
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Nottingham telehealth pilot underway
Nottingham City Primary Care Trust has begun piloting a new telehealth scheme to help patients with long term conditions monitor their health and help them better manage their conditions at home. The PCT has invested £30,000 in ten telehealth units from Tunstall which provide health checks around the clock including measurements for blood pressure, pulse […]
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Philips acquire Health Watch medical alert service
Health Watch Holdings, a US-based national provider of personal response systems, has been acquired by Philips in a $130m (£65m) deal and will be merged with the company’s Lifeline medical alert service. Health Watch offer a variety of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) and have been partnering with hospitals, home care agencies and municipalities across […]
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Tunstall help Brighton extra care housing win EU award
Telecare specialists Tunstall has helped an extra care housing scheme in Brighton win a European design award, aimed at promoting independent living. Tunstall deployed their Comunicall telecare system into the £3m New Larchwood extra care housing scheme, which is run by the Hanover Housing Association, and was developed with Brighton and Hove City Council. Communicall […]
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Tunstall leads European telecare project
Telecare specialist, Tunstall, is co-ordinating a part EU-funded project called SOPRANO, which will design and develop new telehealth solutions for elderly people. The Service Orientated Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans (SOPRANO) is a €12m (£8m) research and development project aimed at developing new ways of integrating assistive technology, telecare and telehealth solutions into users’ […]
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