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Stick figures of a happy family
16 November 2018

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
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14 August 2018

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
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A care home nurse in Calderdale teaches a resident how their technology works
18 July 2018

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
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28 June 2018

IBM and Karantis360 team up for IoT assisted living system

UK-based care management provider Karantis360 has partnered with IBM to develop a sensor system designed for social care and health
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A social care nurse speaks to a couple
25 June 2018

12 councils selected by NHS Digital to run social care tech pilots

Twelve councils have been awarded £20,000 each by NHS Digital to explore how digital technologies can improve social care.
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cera
21 June 2018

NHS Digital incentivises firms to bridge info gap between health and social care

Local authorities, adult social care providers, researchers and academic institutions have been invited to apply for a share of £1.58m split
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cera
15 May 2018

NHS Digital puts £1m up for grabs for adult social care tech pilots

Local authority projects that use digital innovation to help benefit people who access adult social care can bid for share
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A mobile phone displaying the OnCare app
1 May 2018

UK start-up OnCare raises £550,000 to tackle social care with tech

UK health-tech start-up OnCare has raised over half a million pounds in its efforts to transform social care in the
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Disruptive tech
16 February 2018

Digital executives discuss consumer power at health and tech event

The power of the consumer and a lack of innovation in the social care sector were some of the topics
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Bradford mental health services
20 April 2017

Bradford Care selects SystmOne EPR for mental health services

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract to deploy SystmOne across mental health services at the trust.
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