At the King’s Fund yesterday Telefonica’s UK mobile arm O2 (O2 Health division) launched a mobile-based pendant alarm system with geolocation and geofencing called ‘Help at Hand’. It has a choice of two user devices, one of which also has falls detection. More information on the O2 Health website or download the info sheet and press release (PDFs).

The positioning of the service, which includes a pendant or wrist-worn device, a secure website and an alarm monitoring centre is interesting…