TTA Archives 2005-2012

In addition to its usual roundup of developments and events this month, the December 2012 Telecare LIN Newsletter (PDF) also looks forward: “From April 2013, The NHS Commissioning Board will be taking forwards a number of mandated policy initiatives to start to embed digital technologies into healthcare. This will be vital as the recent Nuffield Trust reports indicate a major financial gap developing in health and social care budgets over the next ten years. In addition, Personal Health Budgets are expected to move ahead and the Department of Health is consulting on a new GP contract which could reimburse telehealth services. The first 34 clinical commissioning groups in England have been authorised.” For the list of over a 1000 news links you need the separate supplement (PDF).