Telehealth In Southampton - C Webb

Editor's Notes

1. 35 years in NHS, latterly with a very forward thinking trust and city council
2. Centres of deprivation, high smoking rates plus history of BAT factory, docks Low levels of case finding until recently SUHT is regional centre and ‘attracts’ business
3. New trust formed from 2 PCT provider units Telehealth budget is a started budget – after set up 12 months the service is meant to fund from service budgets by re-aligning budgets The 2 JES look after all the equipment and in Southampton the installer is a joint funded position across telehealth and telecare
4. As service manager my driver was always – what could you use technology for
5. This project earned additional funding from the trust to improve the service
6. Finance is always difficult as telehealth makes savings elsewhere in the system and those people then claim it wasn’t the telehealth so they don’t have to give up budget.
7. Starts getting into COM care I think!