Report reveals the benefits and barriers of COVID-19 technology use for social care
A report published by Digital Social Care, NHSX and the Institute of Public Care at Oxford Brookes University, has revealed the benefits…
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UK trial of care technology to support the physical demands of social care
Hampshire County Council and PA Consulting are working with Japanese robotics developer, Cyberdyne, to trial a new care technology to support care…
Great advice on our March podcast on how your care home can go digital
In Care Home Management’s Digital Transformation Podcast Special Roundtable, sponsored by Smooth Digital, we talk to four leaders within the social care industry. Listen…
Smooth Digital nominations prove care is embracing technology
Smooth Digital is the first digital marketing agency to be nominated in the Outstanding Care Awards for Devon and Cornwall and in…
Care home tech aspires to adopt human rights standards
Scottish care stakeholders have launched a Human Rights Charter for Technology and Digital in Social Care The charter, believed to be the…
TEC bids open now in Scotland
NHS Scotland digital initiative Technology Enabled Care (TEC) is inviting Scottish care homes to participate in the 2019-20 Tests of Change initiative. …
How automation can help care homes work smarter when finding staff is so hard
As demand for care increases, so too does the role of technology as a care enabler. In our latest audio interview we…
National Care Association seeks digital project volunteers
The National Care Association is seeking volunteers to join a special interest group to inform the development of a digital service for…
18 councils win digital integrated care funding
NHS Digital has awarded eighteen councils a share of £1.4m to develop digital projects that support social care. Successful bids include Westminster…
App-based feedback improves Derbyshire home service
Nether Hall in Swadlincote, Derbyshire, is one of the first care homes in the country to use a new app-based feedback system…
