Care tech firm launches cross-sector partnership programme
MELBOURNE: A care tech entity has launched an innovative new cross-sector partnership programme to enhance delivery and standards.
Tunstall Healthcare has launched a partnership programme aiming to unite health, housing and social care organisations to improve outcomes and support stretched services.
The technology-enabled care provider says the initiative is designed to bring organisations across the three sectors together, encouraging collaboration, the sharing of best practice, and the identification of practical ways to create more connected services.
The programme has been developed in response to what Tunstall describes as growing recognition that no single organisation can solve the challenges facing health, housing and social care alone. The Doncaster-based firm says it is championing a people-first approach that focuses on aligning services.
It has been informed by Tunstall’s participation in a series of cross-sector deep dives run by Public Policy Projects (PPP), which brought together sector leaders to discuss the future of preventative and proactive support services. Insights from those discussions are set to feed into a wider PPP report, which will position collaboration as essential to meeting demand.
Mark Hindle, managing director of Tunstall UK, said: “Technology-enabled care should never be about technology for technology’s sake. It should be about people, helping individuals live independently, safely and with dignity.
“The challenges facing health, housing and social care are interconnected, so the solutions must be too. Through this partnership programme, we’re creating a space where organisations can come together, share expertise and focus on delivering better outcomes for the people who rely on our services every day.”
Alongside the launch, Tunstall has been working with TechUK to help shape the future direction of the sector through a new five-point action plan, developed in consultation with partners and stakeholders across the industry. It sets out recommendations to strengthen collaboration, improve service integration and support wider adoption of preventative approaches to care.
Greater Alignment
Angus Honeysett, Tunstall’s market development director and chair of TechUK’s Social Care Working Group, said: “Across every discussion we’ve had with leaders, one message has been consistent: the approach needs greater alignment around the people it serves.
“The five-point plan focuses on practical, actionable steps that the government, local authorities, housing providers, the NHS and industry can take together to strengthen collaboration, improve outcomes and maximise the value technology-enabled care can deliver.”
The partnership programme will act as a vehicle for bringing those recommendations to life, creating opportunities for the sector to collaborate on shared challenges, Tunstall said.
Dr Thomas Dodd, director of strategic engagement at Tunstall Healthcare, who has helped bring together organisations from across housing, health and care to support the initiative, said: “One of the most encouraging things to emerge from our conversations across the sector is a willingness to work together, even where organisations may traditionally have operated independently.
“There is a genuine recognition that collaboration is the best route to improving outcomes for people and supporting increasingly stretched services. By drawing on expertise, this partnership programme creates an opportunity to turn that shared ambition into practical action. Together, we can help build a more connected system that works better for everyone.”
Tunstall said it expects the programme to grow over the coming months, having already welcomed organisations from across the technology-enabled care ecosystem.