social care

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7 May 2020

Adult social care app launched in England to support staff

A dedicated app for the adult social care workforce in England has been launched to support staff during the coronavirus
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a care worker makes a house call to a senior client at her home
30 March 2020

Exc: Five areas to be examined by PRSB as it sets standards for social care

The PRSB will use information gathered in focus groups to develop standards for social care professionals to follow when developing
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24 March 2020

NHS Digital asks PRSB to create national standard for social care

During the first stage PRSB will be working with different local areas across England to determine which social care situations
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Funding
17 February 2020

16 organisations share Ā£4.5m grant to roll digital social care projects

Sixteen organisations are set to receive a share of Ā£4.5m to enable them to roll out their local digital projects
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The exterior of Edinburgh University Law School
3 February 2020

Edinburgh Uni to launch Ā£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
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Person Centred Software
20 November 2019

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
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The telehealth system allows patients to input biometric readings on a 3G tablet and send them directly to clinicians for review.
12 November 2019

‘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
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A nurse at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust speaking to a care home resident via Immedicare's telemedicine service
28 October 2019

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.
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a care worker makes a house call to a senior client at her home
9 September 2019

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
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3 April 2019

NHS Digital launches Ā£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
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