O2 Health ink first NHS deals

O2 Health has announced it is roll out its telehealth and telecare services across three NHS organisations.

The company, which entered the market in July and is part of the Telefonica Group, will deliver pilot programmes to NHS Western Isles, Berkshire East Community Health Services, and NHS Rotherham in an effort to “focus on developing new and innovative healthcare systems”.

Keith Nurcombe, head of O2 Health, said the NHS departments had “all shown a real appetite to embrace innovation to drive better patient experiences”.

“The programme is an industry first – it gives us a great opportunity to learn directly from clinical teams,” claimed Nurcombe. “We plan to expand the programme over the next few years to other like-minded health organisations.”