Telecare eNewsletter January 2014

Welcome to the January 2014 newsletter from the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) HealthTech Knowledge Transfer Network and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network.

Launched October 2005, our free monthly newsletter is now distributed to 48,000 subscribers in the UK and worldwide via e-mail and archived at www.telecarelin.org.uk. You can also find highlights on Rebelmouse (daily) or by following Mike Clark on Twitter (@clarkmike).

With over 1900 news and events links over the last month, we hope that you find this newsletter useful. There is also an additional supplement on telecare and dementia.

It's been a busy start to 2014 with integrated health and care, use of data, dementia and long term condition support established as high priorities. Also, in the UK we are seeing progress in ensuring that mental health is seen as important as physical health and recognising that housing has a vital role in maintaining health and wellbeing. In England, the care.data initiative to bring GP, hospital and other data together is attracting plenty of discussion. Following the recent G8 Summit we have an additional dementia supplement (pdf) with detailed resource links (there is also a new 'Living Well with Dementia' book published in the UK). The Housing LIN conference in February also has a strong dementia focus - it's fully booked, but look out for publications, videos and Twitter coverage. There are plenty of upcoming events from ALIP and the KTN as well as the NHS Healthcare Expo in Manchester in March 2014, and if you are in health, care or related sectors, don't forget to make a pledge for NHS Change Day which lines up with Expo. The ALIP projects on Aktive, economic & business modeling and social & behavioural studies are coming to an end, so be sure to look out for workshops, conferences and reports. This newsletter also covers the continuing work around integration with the 14 Integration Pioneers and the Better Care Fund in England. If you are interested in how the £3.8bn is being reinvested in local pooled funds, you can check on progress at Better Care Fund Watch.

As usual there is plenty of news from the UK and around the world. For weekly news, updates and information, you can register with the Technology Strategy Board, ALIP group and the dallas sub-group. You can follow the dallas programme on Twitter at @dallas_connect. 3 Million Lives is on LinkedIn. You can also access a Twitter Stream via the TelecareLIN website.