Archived news
- Milton Keynes need Control Centre Team Leader
- 16 May 2007
- To ensure all operational procedures and policies are followed. Calm and tactful, with experience of shift based teams is essential.
- New report published by the Office for Disability Issues
- 13 May 2007
- ‘Better outcomes, lower costs’ summarises existing evidence relating to savings to health and social care budgets as a result of investment in housing adaptations and housing improvements.
- Older people with dementia could be tagged, says Minister
- 19 April 2007
- Older people with dementia could be tagged to help their families feel “safe and secure” about their whereabouts, science minister Malcolm Wicks has suggested.
- Tunstall’s Telecare Training Tool Endorsed by College of Occupational Therapists
- 17 April 2007
- Unique online learning resource is first of its kind to gain endorsement of British professional body for occupational therapy staff.
- DH to pilot care from home in July
- 12 April 2007
- The Department of Health has announced that it will be beginning piloting primary care commissioning of telecare in July, with pilot sites chosen by next month.
- BMJ article - Telemonitoring Or Structured Telephone Support Programmes For Patients With Chronic Heart Failure: Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
- 10 April 2007
- Results: 14 randomised controlled trials (4264 patients) of remote monitoring met the inclusion criteria: four evaluated telemonitoring, nine evaluated structured telephone support, and one evaluated both. Remote monitoring programmes reduced the rates of admission to hospital for chronic heart failure by 21% (95% confidence interval 11% to 31%) and all cause mortality by 20% (8% to 31%); of the six trials evaluating health related quality of life three reported significant benefits with remote monitoring, and of the four studies examining healthcare costs with structured telephone support three reported reduced cost and one no effect.
- Elderly benefiting from new alarm system
- 3 April 2007
- HUNDREDS of older Cumbrians are benefiting from an innovative community alarm service which helps people remain in their own homes for longer.
- Updated telecare national framework agreement delivers increased choice and savings
- 30 March 2007
- The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (NHS PASA) has undertaken a comprehensive review of its telecare national framework agreement. From 1 April 2007, the range of products and services will increase enhancing the initial national framework agreement (NFA) offering.
- BT Low Loss Lines
- 28 March 2007
- TSA has continued to track with British Telecom progress in relation to the cessation of Low Loss Telephone Lines. The current situation is that British Telecom are in the process of disconnecting the few remaining low loss telephone lines, whilst at the same time making every effort to contact those remaining customers to ensure they have alternative services in place. The following information has been provided by British Telecom:
- Planning for Pandemic Influenza
- 28 March 2007
- We would like to draw your attention to the consultation exercise by the DOH on Planning for Pandemic Influenza