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TEC Cymru, the national programme for technology enabled care funded by Welsh Government, has been presented with the Telehealth Award at the 2021 National Health Business Awards ceremony.

A new collaboration agreement between the organisations tasked with delivering digital telecare in Wales and Scotland aims to make it easier for local residents to access the best possible levels of telecare in order to manage the risks associated with independent living

As a result of its rapid rollout of the NHS Wales Video Consulting (VC) Service, TEC Cymru has been shortlisted for the Telehealth Award in the 2021 Health Business Awards.

Since March 2020, over a quarter of a million video consultations have taken place between patients and clinicians in Wales.

There has been significant increase in the uptake of video consulting in health and care services across Wales as a result of COVID-19. However this widespread transformation has created the need for consistent and objective evaluation of the use, benefits, and challenges of digital innovations in healthcare across Wales.

Following the launch of the Phase 2a quantitative findings in June 2021, TEC Cymru have published the second phase qualitative evaluation of the NHS Wales Video Consulting (VC) service.

Following a successful first phase evaluation of the NHS Wales Video Consulting (VC) Service, the TEC Cymru team have launched the findings from the Phase 2a evaluation of the service.

A new report examining learning and innovative practice that has emerged from across NHS Wales in response to COVID-19 has been released today by Swansea University, on behalf of NHS Wales organisations and partners.

The first phase of the NHS Wales Video Consulting (VC) Service Evaluation has now been published, based upon data gathered between March and August 2020.