The government has launched a public consultation asking members of the public, NHS staff and experts to share their experiences and ideas to help fix our NHS. This week’s budget and spending review will set the parameters for how fast and thorough those reforms will be.
All indications appear to suggest that these much-anticipated reforms are still a way off. NHS funding agreed with Chancellor Rachel Reeves and set to be unveiled on Wednesday won’t be available until next April. Only then will we start to see any real progress on the government’s commitment to transform the NHS. It doesn’t take an expert to know this won’t happen overnight.
For those of us working in or supporting the NHS wider public sector organisations in health, housing and social care the need for a shift to a more preventative person-centred model of care seems obvious especially in the community. Why the continued talking and consultation? Shouldn’t we just get on with it?
We know what needs doing, we know where the pinch points are, we know what’s working and what isn’t. Staff, policy makers and suppliers like us have highlighted countless times where improvements could be made and where investment would make the most difference.
While it’s only right that we make sure that funding goes to the right places and is spent in the right way, it’s vital that Whitehall maintain the momentum, so that changes can be implemented, and investment made as quickly as possible. There are steps they can take now, not least in helping to unlock the potential of technology enabled care.
We’re doing all we can at Everon UK to positively influence the health, housing and social care environment to be more proactive in their approach. This is vital if we are to reduce pressures on the NHS and wider public sector and give greater re-assurance to people receiving care and their families.
Digital Cloud-based technology can play a key role in reducing health inequalities including keeping people safe when they transition from hospital to community settings – or support decisions to step in before their health deteriorates.
The Everon Ecosystem is a Cloud-based wireless, end-to-end digital solution managing daily risks through alarms and alerts for person-centred independent living, a true connected approach to data trend and insight. A platform managing health and social care needs from one platform, no matter the person’s needs.
Our partnerships are already helping to prevent health, care and housing services from being overwhelmed. The data and insights that our solutions provide are leading to a more proactive service delivery. It’s the future of care that changes with you and we’re delivering it now.
To find out more about how Everon can support your organisation, contact our UK Sales Director Mark Smith – mark.smith@everon.net or book a consultation and we’ll be in touch.
Everon UK’s Sales Director Mark Smith will be attending the Chartered Institute of Housing’s Northern Housing Festival in Durham next week to discuss the exciting developments in Wireless based intelligent cloud-based solutions for grouped and supported housing. In this piece, Mark outlines why events like this are vital for delegates working on digital transformation and sustainability strategies to future proof a scalable digital only approach to services.
Housing professionals go to events like the Northern Housing Festival in Durham for all kinds of reasons with expert sessions and exhibitors like us providing them with emerging good practice, knowledge and inspiration through like-minded housing partnerships that they can apply to their service area – or the wider organisation to power change.
It’s clearly a key priority for those commissioning grouped or supported housing services - from housing associations to care home networks - across the UK to have more housing flexibility than ever before. Supporting this, many housing providers are in the process of making investment decisions for the digital transformation of their resident services. With the deadline for the great analogue switch off – or digital switch on less than two years away, this process is crucial to future proofing services.
The Northern Housing Festival, organised by the Chartered Institute for Housing and taking place this year on Monday, 8 October, will have a focus on digital transformation for grouped and supported housing and we’re delighted to be joining the event to demonstrate why the future lies with wireless cloud-based solutions and the data, trend and insight it can provide.
We’re leading the move away from traditional island solutions to a truly digitally connected approach that support every stage of the care journey. Wireless cloud-based solutions will future proof your digital transformation strategies and ensure improved service delivery and outcomes for the most vulnerable in our society and offering greater re-assurance to their families too.
Our partner housing associations like Clarion Housing have already seen the benefits of using our solutions which uses data, trends and machine learning analysis to support care services across its sites – improving levels of care, increasing efficiency and cost savings for the long term.
Housing can be the foundation for social and community health joint plans with an eye on reducing hospital admissions through a more pro-active approach that the latest intelligent digital and the sharing of solutions allow. Systems like Everon’s Lyra eco-system have an important role to play in the new government’s push to reduce pressures on the NHS and the wider health and social care system by taking a less reactive approach. Prevention is the cure.
Everon UK can support your supported housing digital transformation journey with a focus on working collaboratively in partnership focused on improved service delivery that will benefit both your organisation and those people in your care.
We provide housing solutions of today that can support you in delivering the social and community healthcare services of tomorrow. The key to success is flexibility with solutions that are interoperable, compliant, visionary and offer a truly connected approach to data, trend and analysis.
Going to the CIH Northern Housing Festival in Durham? Come and find us at Stand Number One and discover how we can help your digital transformation journey.
Everon is a leading UK and European provider of cloud-based, wireless digital solutions for assisted living, supporting housing associations and healthcare providers across the UK, Finland and Sweden.
Want to know more? Contact our UK Sales Director Mark Smith – mark.smith@everon.net or book a consultation online and we’ll be in touch.
Everon has welcomed a government letter issued to technology enabled care suppliers across the UK reminding them to stop selling analogue only devices as we head towards a digital only future.
In a joint notice the Minsters of State at the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology raise concerns that some analogue only devices are still available to buy despite the risk of being incompatible with digital lines.
It also re-iterates the Government’s expectation that all analogue models, known to still be in use by telecare service users, should be tested to ensure their reliability when operating over a digital telephone line and the results published.
With the digital telephone switchover set for 2027 time is not on the side of commissioners or suppliers alike. However, it’s important that service providers avoid relying on quick fixes that may prove be more costly in the long term.
Peter Kerly, Managing Director, Everon UK, said: “We welcome this important intervention by ministers and look forward to further guidelines from the TEC Services Association (TSA), the independent advisory body for the technology enabled care (TEC) sector.
“The safety of service users regarding the design and deployment of assisted living solutions has always been of paramount important to us as a company.
“Commercial opportunities must be a second thought in the mind of any supplier, especially for those promoting sticking plaster solutions focused more on cost than public safety.
“Analogue to digital converters is a case in point, which should not be considered as part of any strategic plan for investment in systems over the next 10-15 years. As the government letter points out, it is a known risk that some analogue telecare devices may not be digitally compatible or reform as reliably on digital networks.”
“Everon’s solutions are totally end-to-end digital, present no risk to service users and are compatible with alarm receiving centres. It’s important that commissioners, operating in the assisted living space begin to plan their upgrades now, if they haven’t already – and to put service user safety first.
“There are various finance options available with extended warranties that will ease the financial cost and allow for investment in systems that are will be fully compatible and provide the highest level of safety that service users should expect.”
Everon is a leading UK and European provider of digital solutions for assisted living, Make us part of your digital transformation journey. To talk about the digital solutions and service we can provide contact our Sales Director Mark Smith - mark.smith@everon.net or visit our website to book a consultation: https://everonprod.wpenginepowered.com/contact-support/
See the letter to telecare suppliers here
So what to make of the report into the NHS by Lord Darzi?
For those of you commissioning services or deciding on major investment for your health trust, housing association or care organisation, will any of it have come as a surprise?
The challenge now is making the right decisions in the knowledge that no additional government money is coming to boost services or delivery, within the NHS at least – without strings being attached.
At Everon UK we believe that the UK health and social care sector must embrace technology enabled care if we are to fix the challenges facing health and social care in this country.
Earlier this month we shared a blog post asking if data led behavioural monitoring technology – the cutting edge of technology enabled care - could be the answer to the challenges of caring for an ageing population.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting said it was now “over to us to write the prescription.” That’s great to hear. We hope he listens far and wide for the right treatment.
We say the prescription requires not being afraid of embracing proven technologies that can support early discharges from hospital, or even prevent the need for them to need emergency care in the first place.
The UK has an increasing ageing population and that’s growing over time. People are living longer with disabilities or life limiting and chronic illnesses.
These, as Lord Darzi’s report illustrates, are pushing health and social care providers to the brink. They simply do not have the resources to meet demand. Using the latest health tech for assisted living should be part of the response to flattening the curve of cost and demand, and making finite resources stretch further.
We know it can be done. We know the difference the new generation of AI and machine learning monitoring technology can make because we’re delivering these solutions at Everon already.
Peter Kerly, Managing Director, Everon UK, said:
“The Prime Minister today said the NHS is broken with no extra funding without reform. The government’s prescription for the changes required must include technology enabled care as part of the solution, embracing the potential of AI and machine learning. These innovations are already proving their worth in reducing costs and increasing capacity across the UK’s social care and healthcare system.
“Everon UK and our strategic partners are pioneering proactive technology in assistive care with the capability to quickly detect shifts in behaviour that may indicate emerging health concerns. These preventative approaches are key not only for the future of our health service, but for improving the quality of life for those most in need.”
Everon UK are sponsoring and attending Innovative Horizons: Shaping the Future of TEC at the King’s House Conference Centre in Manchester from 9am until 3.20pm on Wednesday, 25 September.
The one-day TSA members event promises to be a dynamic day of insights, discussions and networking opportunities. Our new UK Sales Director, Mark Smith will be there. To find out how we can transform your service delivery, email: mark.smith@everon.net
