Edinburgh Uni to launch £20m research centre to transform later life care
The Uni has partnered with Legal & General to offer a 7-year research programme across medicine, life sciences, engineering, informatics and data sciences.
News
Social care software provider included in fastest-growing tech companies list
Person Centred Software, which enables care to be logged digitally via an app, has been placed 31st on the Deloitte Tech Fast 50.
Clinical Software
‘Time running out’ for telecare services to go digital
Around 900,000 telecare users in the UK could be affected as BT and Virgin Media begin to retire analogue phone networks, a report from Doro Care has suggested.
Infrastructure 1
Liverpool rolls out city-wide telemedicine service to care homes
Immedicare’s telemedicine platform provides care home residents with 24-hour access to clinicians based at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust in Yorkshire.
Infrastructure
Servelec and Totalmobile to roll out new social care app in Cambridgeshire
The new platform aims to support 250 social care workers at Cambridgeshire Country Council who provide reablement support in the community.
Clinical Software
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