CSIP’s March Telecare Newsletter has just been released and is available in pdf form here.
Of principal interest to Telecare Aware readers is the section that reports the Parliamentary question (number 202723) by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Health spokesperson Sandra Gidley which has eventually elicited a list of the three sites’ technology partners, which are:
- Kent: Viterion; Tunstall
- Newham: Philips; t+Medical; Tunstall; NHS Direct. [Also Serco. Serco? See website.]
- Cornwall: Home Telehealth Ltd/WebVMC; Tunstall
Why getting this information has been like getting blood from a stone, and why it took an Opposition question to get it it still a mystery!
There is also a link to a PowerPoint presentation about the project by Tim Ellis, DH’s WSD Programme Manager and Claire Whittington, DH’s Long Term Conditions lead. It starts to be informative from slide 7 (Selecting the WSD Sites) onwards.