Health and Care Sectors

For elderly or vulnerable patients, it is not always possible to travel to GP surgeries for appointments, while time pressures on healthcare providers mean home visits to monitor ongoing conditions can be challenging to fit in.

In conjunction with five local care homes, we proved that greater use of connected diagnostic tools can help GPs view and record clinical information and check vital signs remotely, in the same way they would face-to-face, helping safeguard patients during the pandemic, improving access to GPs and opening up the possibility of remote ward rounds in hospitals.

We believe improving connectivity and making smarter use of technology offer way more opportunities to improve patient care. As such, we owe it to patient and clinical communities to make sure all new buildings used to deliver health and social care services are designed with connectivity in mind. WM5G recently advised NHS Digital on the guidelines it should put in place to ensure all new NHS hospitals come with connectivity built in from day one, reducing barriers to patients and clinicians benefiting from new health technologies and providing the infrastructure we need to release efficiencies across the piece.