Cornish broadband backbone offers prospect of telemedicine in remote locations (UK)

The network is being provided to the NHS by BT under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), to create a discrete network for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly NHS. The COIN project is part-funded by Connecting for Health, which runs NPfIT. Because of its difficult geography and remote locations such as the Isles of Scilly, the local NHS is increasing the use of ‘telecare’ – healthcare that is remotely delivered to patients in their own homes. ComputerWorldUK article. Still no news of the Cornish Whole System Demonstrator project, though.