Everon UK has joined techUK, the growing membership organisation that brings people, companies and organisations together to realise what digital technology can achieve through shaping policy, accelerating innovation and developing new markets.

As the European market leader in digital grouped assisted living solutions, Everon UK is championing the transition to a data-driven preventative model of care that allows care givers to detect issues early through pinpointing changes in behaviour.  This aligns with TechUK’s ongoing mission to showcase how technology can tackle challenges facing society today.

Based in Kent, Everon UK has used 2024 to pursue strategic partnerships with exciting innovators like Howz located at Manchester Science Park to develop intelligent technology solutions that will power the next generation of care, allowing more people to live independently for longer.

Peter Kerly, Managing Director, Everon UK, said:

“We are delighted to announce our latest partnership as a new member of techUK, and look forward to playing our part in their mission to show just what digital technology can achieve. For us, that will involve transforming the wider health and care system, reducing hospital stays and spiralling costs for care home and emergency admissions.”

“This is a time of significant pressures on social care and health care, in terms of both capacity and cost, set against the backdrop of a demographic time bomb caused by a growing older population. For us, the future lies in a technology driven, preventative model of care, and we look forward to working closely with techUK and other partners to showcase and realise that potential.”

Ed Bevan, Head of SME Engagement at techUK, said:

"We are thrilled to welcome Everon UK to techUK. Everon's pioneering work in developing a data-driven, preventative care model is transforming the way we approach health and social care.

“Their innovative solutions in early issue detection and behaviour monitoring align seamlessly with techUK's mission to showcase how digital technology can tackle society’s most pressing challenges. We look forward to supporting Everon’s journey as they collaborate with like-minded partners to shape the future of intelligent, proactive care solutions."

The budget statement included an additional £22.6 billion for day-day-spending for the Department of Health and Social Care, more than £2 billion capital investment in NHS technology and digital, and £520 million for a Life Science Innovative Manufacturing Fund.

All investment is welcome. The question for those of us operating in the technology enabled care sector is where the money will be spent. If there’s one takeaway from the recent past, it is that - without reform and supported culture change - no amount of money will be enough.  It’s the model and environment that promotes opportunity for change.

We know some of the detail. In the pre-budget build-up, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged £1.5bn in capital investment for new surgical hubs, diagnostic scanners and beds across the NHS estate. There’s the also commitment to improving the digital infrastructure so that two million extra appointments are available and improving how services are commissioned.

This will keep acute care within our hospitals ticking over, bringing down waiting lists, increasing appointments and improving patient outcomes. What it won’t do yet, is deliver the person-centred model of integrated care that will make the most difference in reducing pressures on the NHS and the wider community health and social care system.

The key to success will be to keep people out of hospital, both pre- and post-admission in the first place or put the steps in place to enable clinicians to transition patients more quickly to community care settings. For reforms promising a switch to early intervention through a preventative model of care, we will have to wait until next year for the government to confirm its plans and start to deliver.  

To meet the ambitions of Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) seeking to implement digital transformation strategies, this must include investment in a true connected approach to technological solutions, and a more joined up, co-ordinated health, housing and social care system.  This approach will start to put the community supported healthcare agenda back on track, enabling preventative care and allowing people to live independently for longer.

Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has already spoken of his focus being on shifting from analogue to digital and that is where companies like Everon UK can support though the cloud based, digital wireless solutions managing not only the significant risks to independent living such as falls, but continued assessment and activities of daily living at all stages of the patient journey. This approach supports a true connected approach and single portal of data trend and insight, to support decision making and continued improvements in services to the most vulnerable.  We’re ready for the call. With digital switchover for all Assisted Living systems using analogue technology less than two years away, the deadline is looming fast.

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. 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 which supports our preventative approach.  A platform managing health and social care needs from one platform, no matter the person’s needs. The intelligent use of data is key to delivering a proactive model supported by the most appropriate interventions.

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, and share emerging good practice through like-minded partnerships please contact our UK Sales Director Mark Smith – mark.smith@everon.net or book a consultation  and we’ll be in touch.

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.