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MONITORING TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIAL CARE COULD FREE UP TWO MILLION BED DAYS AND SAVE OVER £ 1.2 BILLION FOR THE NHS , ACCORDING TO NEW REPORT
The NHS could save more than £ 1.2 billion through widespread use of new non-intrusive lifestyle monitoring technology in social care according to a new independent report . More than two million hospital bed days could be saved , and the extra capacity created in social care able to fund the equivalent of 10,000 additional full-time carers in the system by 2035 .
These findings are part of new analysis commissioned by HealthTech company Lilli to make the case for urgent digitisation across the health and social care sector . The report uses data from multiple local authorities across the UK who are currently using the AI-driven monitoring technology to address the growing care deficit and mounting social care crisis .
Titled From passive to proactive : How monitoring technology can help to solve the health and social care crisis , the report follows recent social care promises from the new government to accelerate the adoption of technology in health and care and highlights the ‘ domino effect ’ that proactive monitoring employed in social care can have not just on council resources but also the NHS and patient outcomes .
It identifies hospital discharge or ‘ bed blocking ’ as a key area that can see a significant impact from the technology . Earlier discharge would amount to 2.3 million additional bed days and almost £ 1.2bn in savings for the NHS , due to reduced costs of providing beds for patients over the next ten years – enough to pay the salaries of
2,000 nurses over the period . It would also lead to better health outcomes for the many thousands of people experiencing delayed discharge every day , with extended stays linked to higher risk of infections , adverse drug reactions and readmissions to hospital .
Likewise , the report finds adopting monitoring technology now would save councils £ 3 billion by 2035 by supporting people to live independently at home for longer and preventing thousands of people entering more expensive care settings , such as residential care . The productivity benefits would help to address the workforce crisis in care , by generating additional capacity equivalent to having 10,000 extra care workers .
Lifestyle monitoring technology works by tracking patterns of behaviour and key indicators of health , such as movement , eating and bathroom activity , and alerting carers to any changes . This allows care professionals to quickly make accurate care
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