DH Care Networks September Telecare eNewsletter (PDF) covers, amongst other things:
- The Bristol Whole System Demonstrator event [More interesting than it might sound, including some information about what is going on in Wales]
- New Newham website providing additional information on the demonstrator programme: http://www.newhamwsdtrial.org/ [Apparently aimed at the public looking for information on the project.]
- Provisional headline figures on telecare performance in England for 2009
- Current position on telehealth in PCTs in England [“Requests are often received for information about take up of telehealth in primary care trusts. No formal statistics are maintained currently as it is made complex by a number of factors such as…”]
There is also a supplement covering dementia and telecare resources (updated from 2008).
UK councils’ telecare spending plans
E-Health Insider Primary Care, gives a digest of the figures:
http://www.ehiprimarycare.com/news/5238/las_split_on_telecare_funding_plans