Here, in one of the most rural parts of the National Health Service, our clinicians are not just blessed with an excellent bedside manner. Increasingly, they are also becoming skilled in having a “webside manner” – as we harness the full potential of telemedicine to test out and develop a new model of care for the NHS.
The report aims to highlight the emerging role of technology in transforming social care services and enabling care and health integration - including case studies of the introduction and use of technology to deliver improved outcomes for social care service users and, in the context of integration, patients. It also showcases the current and future roles of technology in facilitating demand management, delivering cost efficiencies, and mitigating against systemic risks.
The NEWS (National Early Warning Score) system includes a medical assessment that is used by GPs, ambulance crews and hospitals to flag up potentially serious health problems.
The newly developed system aims to prevent people’s conditions from deteriorating, ensuring that early signs are being noticed by their care team.