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TAPPI Cast - 24 February 2023

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On Monday and Tuesday, Dr Lynne Douglas, Chief Executive and Garry Baille, BR24 at Bield Housing and Care (our Scottish testbed) and Alyson Scurfield, TSA’s CEO spoke about TAPPI and Bield’s TAPPI journey as part of the ‘personalised outcomes’ session at the Holyrood event Digital Health and Care Scotland 2023 (opens new window). This event also saw the launch of the new Scottish Government’s Data Strategy for Health and Social Care (opens new window). See related tweets at: #DigiHealthCare23 (opens new window)

On Tuesday, TAPPI Co-production Champions meet virtually for the third time. The group discussed the TAPPI principles & explored the development of TSA’s Digital House. (Co-production Works' LinkedIn post (opens new window); Bield's tweet; (opens new window) Bield's LinkedIn post (opens new window))

Also on Tuesday, Platform Housing looked at life-changing and life-saving TEC for their residents at Harling Court. (Platform Housing's tweet (opens new window) - Platform Housing's LinkedIn post (opens new window)). With all TEC assessments now complete, Platform has this week begun the process of ordering recommended solutions with its TEC partner, Community Housing. They look forward to hosting a Showcase Event at Harling Court on 2nd March 2023, demonstrating to residents and their families how Technology Enabled Care can improve safety, increase independence, and grow social connections.

On Thursday, Bield held a TAPPI tenant coffee morning at their West Port development. A professional photographer was in attendance to take some photos of their TAPPI Tenant Co-production Champions to accompany the Personal Stories, which we look forward to sharing with you in the near future.

Publications of interest:

  • In this new blog, Jeremy Porteus, Housing LIN's CEO, discusses the latest County Councils Network (CCN) and Tunstall Healthcare report which explores how technology can support a system under pressure, people with social care needs, and the importance of implementing digital change across the care landscape.
  • Bield Housing and Care recently completed a proactive telecare trial which has revealed some astonishing results about the impact of proactive intervention for older adults.

Forthcoming events:

Click here (opens new window) for a list of all forthcoming TAPPI related events, including: