Telecare

TEC Telecare works in partnership with the Local Government Digital Office and TEC in Housing, and engages with telecare service providers, citizens and other key stakeholders to provide leadership and support to drive continuous improvement, transformation and innovation in telecare deployment and service delivery.

By Nicola.Padden, Fri, 24/12/2021

Telecare continues to represent a vital means of providing care and support at home in Scotland. Previous studies conducted by Farrpoint and Deloitte identified considerable variation in the approaches to call handling taken across Scotland, and recommended further analysis.

The Scottish Government and COSLA commissioned Farrpoint to conduct this further analysis through a review of telecare call handling services. Following this review, we are pleased to include below, a letter from Margaret Whoriskey and John Wood, along with part 1 and 2 of the final report.

Fire Regulations Graphic

A Partnership Approach to Fire Safety: Good Practice Guide

We're delighted to share with you a new resource for telecare service providers - A Partnership Approach to Fire Safety Good Practice Guide

By Nicola.Padden, Tue, 30/11/2021

This report details the outcomes of engagement with current and potential users of telecare services in Scotland. We asked participants about their experiences of using telecare, and what they would like to see from a service in the future. The group was self-selected after communications sent on our behalf by The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE).

This is the first in a series of engagements which will be held in order to support the co-design of telecare services by providers across Scotland.

In October, additional winter 2021-22 funding was announced by the Scottish Government. The funding is part of measures being put in place to support current system pressures. NHS Boards, Integration Authorities and Local Authorities are expected to work collaboratively to ensure a whole system response.

In particular, funding is available for the following purposes:

Winter Series

We hosted 4 short lunchtime sessions in our Winter Series Feb/March 2022. Thanks to all our presenters for a great series, sharing their knowledge and inspiring work with the telecare community.

Please see below for details and videos of the sessions.

Tags

By Nicola.Padden, Fri, 13/08/2021

Welcome to the August 2021 Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Telecare Update. 

A general summary and update on the telecare work streams that are currently being progressed by TEC: