With mounting evidence that mental health problems have become even more prevalent since the pandemic, in the UK, the government has developed a Mental Health Recovery Action plan. Backed by £500 million, it aims to respond to escalating mental health issues, specifically targeting groups that have been most impacted including those with severe mental illness, young people, and frontline staff.
During lockdown, services turned to digital, switching from in-person help to a range of digital services, such as patient-to-clinician platforms, digitally-enabled treatments, mental health and wellbeing apps, chatbots, and social support networks.
As services deliver against the mental health recovery action plan and COVID-19 restrictions lift, we ask: what is the role of digital now?
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Liz Ashall-Payne will speak on Wednesday 26th May at 9:35 am on the panel: Harnessing the digital revolution for the social care of the future. Tickets are available on the King’s Fund website.
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The long-overdue digital revolution in health and care has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic in ways that would have been unimaginable just a year ago. The advent of technology and its rapid progress have touched every area of care delivery. From devices that facilitate communication between patients and clinicians, through data-driven systems that challenge traditional thinking around health, to wearables providing patients with unprecedented independence, technology has delivered promising possibilities for the future of health care and is starting to deliver on those promises, despite some issues and concerns.
There is still a lot to achieve to deliver on the potential of technology, and the digital transformation of the NHS will be at the forefront of healthcare services for many years to come. Join us for this virtual conference, as we explore the new and exciting digital innovations that have emerged during the pandemic, and assess their potential impact and benefits. We will hear from leaders of national bodies, international experts, industry representatives, patients, and policy experts on how we can ensure the digital revolution delivers to its fullest potential while attempting to prevent any negative consequences. Join us to celebrate the new era of digitally enabled care and to discuss how we can enhance good outcomes and facilitate progress. This event is designed for the tech-friendly, the tech skeptical, and for everyone who has realized that no matter where one stands on the value of digital health care, it is a future that cannot be ignored.
The Organization for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA) is the world’s leading digital health reviewer, and our analysts regularly monitor trends in app usage by health and care professionals and citizens. The facts below may be useful background, but if there’s something you want to know and it isn’t listed, just ask us.
As an NHS speech and language therapist, Liz was frustrated she could only see one patient at a time, especially with such long waiting times. This led her on a mission to improve quality and efficiencies within NHS departments. With the advent of healthcare apps, Liz set up ORCHA, the world’s first health app rating system. Her objective: that professionals and citizens should have access to health apps they can trust.
Simon can speak about how digital health may be used to supplement or transform existing care pathways, enabling improved access or reducing reliance on incumbent services. His background is in health economics, market access, social media analytics, medical writing & value demonstration, with application in the pharmaceutical, academic, digital, & regulatory sectors.
Tim is ORCHA’s spokesperson on regulation, security and accreditation in the world of digital health. Amongst many senior roles he has held, Tim is former Managing Director of the NHS Cheshire & Merseyside CSU, an 800 strong organisation, turning over £40m pa and providing a range of support services to health and social care commissioners across the region and the North of England.