Tunstall WSD Knowledge Bank
Telehealth can offer a solution to some of the burgeoning challenges facing the NHS, creating an integrated service which will deliver improved outcomes for patients and reduce the growing pressures of long-term conditions on GP resources.
GP | Croydon
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Telehealth has literally changed my life. After I was
The WSD pilots provide firm evidence of the benefits of integrating health and social care and show the positive impact that telecare and telehealth has to the lives of people receiving home care.
Service Improvement Manager | London
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The Whole Systems Demonstrator (WSD) programme was established by the Department of Health (DH) to evaluate how the use of telecare and telehealth technologies can support people with long-term health and care needs to live independently. DH invested £31m in the two year research project which aimed to create the largest evidence base for telehealthcare in the country.
In May 2007, Health and Social Care teams in Kent, Newham (North East London) and Cornwall were awarded Department of Health funding to examine how best to implement telecare and telehealth services, covering 6,000 patients in the largest randomised control study of its kind in the world.
Tunstall’s products and services were at the heart of the programme, and this experience has further strengthened the company’s ability to support the integration of health and social care and enable local authorities, healthcare commissioners, housing associations and charities to embed telehealthcare at scale across the community for the benefit of local residents.
A consortium of universities led by University College London evaluated the Whole Systems Demonstrator programme, its clinical and cost effectiveness, and its impact on care services.
Click here to view the Department of Health's WSD programme headline findings
Click here to read David Cameron's statement on WSD