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Thank you for that Chris, I am sorry I had to miss the second half (did they change ends...?!) It sounds like it was a bit of a copy of the first half in that questions were glossed rather than meaningfully addressed..? And thank you very much indeed for the opportunity to attend.
Telemedicine, by the way, is an incredibly useful tool for future social and health care at home, and also in institutions such as prisons. There is a cost cutting element, and that isn't a bad thing: costs saved in this way can be re-routed into more effective and value for money products and services. My view is that telemeds have the potential to revolutionise home care (very much the topic du jour and quite rightly so) and also prison and institutional care and support. Sounds alarming, but when applied properly delivers quality care and support remotely and supports people staying at home for longer and going home earlier. It doesn't replace hands on care, of course, but it does allow people to manage and retain control of their own medical and therapy care and means expensive home visits by doctors and consulotants can be reduced to a minimum. It has roll-out beneflts as well in that other organisations and individuals can use it, for example, if a prisoner needs UKBA interviews they can be done on screen rather than bus in people, which is more costly. Ditto housing, employment etc officials. The implications for better (ie cheaper, more targeted and more "joined up") support and planning are huge.