Health & Social Care News
Infrastructure & Connectivity examines the digital systems and communication infrastructure supporting health and social care services.
Topics include telecoms transitions, connectivity resilience, digital infrastructure and technology developments affecting how care organisations operate and communicate.
A care home can have excellent broadband and still have a connectivity problem. That sounds contradictory. It is not. Imagine a service with a modern fibre connection, strong download speeds…
Care Circle Network Intelligence Insight New Care Circle Network analysis reveals a striking relationship between provider scale and current digital assurance. Among active care locations with an exact DSPT match,…
For most organisations, retiring the old telephone network sounds like a telecoms project. A line changes. A router is installed. The telephone is connected differently. The monthly bill moves from…
Adult social care is becoming dependent on technology. Digital care records hold the information staff need to support people safely. Electronic medicines systems guide administration and identify missed actions. Rostering…
Care technology is moving rapidly into the mainstream of adult social care. Among respondents to the government’s 2025 provider technology survey, 43% used monitoring equipment with sensors, making it the…
Many adult social care providers believe they have not yet adopted artificial intelligence. They have not purchased a product described as an AI platform. They have not approved a formal…
Adult social care has become significantly more digital. As of March 2026, an estimated 83.7% of CQC-registered provider locations in England had a digital social care record, covering approximately 92%…
Adult social care has passed an important digital milestone. As of March 2026, an estimated 83.7% of CQC-registered adult social care provider locations in England had a digital social care…
— And How Smart Providers Are Protecting Safety, Avoiding Failure Risk and Turning the Switch-Off into Operational Advantage In our recent features, we highlighted why analogue dependency must now sit…
With the National Living Wage now live at £12.71 and TEC adoption accelerating, cyber resilience has moved from discussion to decision. Last week, we outlined why cyber resilience is now…