Integrating Telehealth and Telecare — the NHS whole systems
demonstrator in Newham
Charles Lowe
NeAT Programme Director, Newham Advanced Telecare,
London Borough of Newham
NeAT
(Newham Advanced Telecare), an alliance between Newham
Council, Newham Homes, Newham Primary Care Trust, the
metropolitan police, and Newham Voluntary Services
Consortium, was formed in 2005 to assist local people to
continue to live independently with dignity, purpose and
control of their lives. NeAT began rolling telecare out in
late 2005 and set out to expand its service, which at the
time had around 400 service users.
Since
the launch of the service in 2005, NeAT has achieved an
incredible rate of telecare installations in the London
borough. Working in partnership with Tunstall, in just three
months, NeAT fitted over 1,000 standard packages, taking
their total number of installations to date to 2,000.
This
presentation will summarise the approach NeAt has taken to
mainstream telecare, the experiences so far and lessons
learned. |
