NHS Digital launches £4.8m funding for digital social care programmes
The grant is for products that have already been piloted in local areas, or have a strong evidence base, with a view to implementing them in larger areas.
Digital Patient
Entry level data security toolkit to give care providers access to NHSMail
The entry level of the DSPT has been specifically designed for care providers as a stepping stone towards achieving the full toolkit.
Cyber Security
NHS Digital offers £1m funding for digital social care projects
Ten authorities will receive up to £30,000 to design a digital solution to address specific issues within their service.
Digital Patient 3
New software gives Devon social workers access to electronic records
Devon County Council and OLM Services co-produced ECLIPSE management system which provides access to electronic records.
Digital Patient 3
Nottingham Care home to roll out Ascom teleCARE platform
The platform will give Wren Hall’s 100 members of staff alerts of resident alarm calls and details of their caseload for the day.
Clinical Software
Servelec and Totalmobile developing new EPR and social care apps
The companies are developing new apps for Servelec’s Rio and Mosaic systems that will allow users to access critical patient info at the point of care.
Clinical Software 3
Nine digital social care projects to receive share of £700k funding
The money, which is part of the Social Care Digital Innovation Programme, will go towards the projects which include an app for social care providers.
Digital Patient 1
New sector-led service to support digital transformation in social care
The Care Provider Alliance will work to understand current levels of digital maturity in social care assist providers in the adoption of new technologies.
News
Digital ‘early warning system’ trialled at Sheffield care homes
Nursing staff are using an app to record care home residents’ vital signs and share them with clinicians at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Digital Patient 2
Connected care homes ‘could slash £1bn from NHS demand’
A project run by NHS Calderdale CCG has suggested that telehealth in care homes could cut hospital admissions by as much as third
Infrastructure