Tunstall Healthcare report explores reducing reliance on costly health and social care services
Tunstall Healthcare has released a report that explores how technology can prevent and minimise unnecessary access to healthcare systems while enabling individuals to remain at home, thus reducing reliance on costly health and social care services.
Tunstall Healthcare states that an ageing population, growing demand, and chronic underfunding are exerting unprecedented pressure on health and social care systems.
The NHS 10-year Health Plan will focus on three pivotal shifts: care from hospitals to the community, transitioning from analogue to digital systems, and moving from sickness to prevention.
Embracing technology to support NHS 10-year Health Plan should include offering solutions that empower individuals to live independently, reduce reliance on hospitals, and modernise care. Delivering the outcomes requires innovative and integrated funding models, legislative reforms, and coordinated action states Tunstall.
While strong research evidence demonstrates the impact of technology, and in particular telecare, to address these factors, the paper draws on the research and further insight to illustrate the accessible benefits for health and care systems but also considers further enabling factors of funding and eligibility.
The ‘Advancing Technology Enabled Care – Who cares and who pays?’ paper draws on international insight to identify barriers to adoption, and as a result, policy and other approaches which can translate the potential into reality.
The paper concludes with actionable recommendations on how technology can support and enhance the objectives of the NHS 10-year Health Plan. It highlights how technology can enable individuals to remain independent at home for longer, reducing their reliance on healthcare systems.
Additionally, it emphasises facilitating the transition of care from hospitals to communities, shifting from analogue to digital systems, and adopting proactive rather than reactive healthcare delivery. These advancements offer significant benefits for individuals, healthcare systems, and public funding.
Emil Peters, Chief Executive Officer of the Tunstall Group, said: “The way we deliver health and social care in the UK is at a tipping point. We’re facing a perfect storm—an ageing population, growing demand, and increasing financial pressures.
“But this isn’t just a challenge; it’s an opportunity. An opportunity to rethink, reimagine, and reshape the future of care. And at the heart of this transformation? The confluence of technology and people to produce meaningful outcomes.”
Tunstall recently launched Communicall Digital, a new fully digital warden call system that will enhance independence for users and assist retirement living staff.
