By 2025, analogue telephone services will be switched off as the UK’s telecoms infrastructure is upgraded to digital connectivity. This shift has major implications for the technology enabled care (TEC) sector and the 1.7 million people who rely on telecare in the UK.
The paramount concern of the TSA, the voice of the TEC sector, is that the reliability and safety of telecare and social alarm services is not compromised: that lives are not put at risk.
There is an urgent need for government, regulators, telecoms and the TEC sector to agree and mobilise a plan to manage the transition and realise the full potential of digital connectivity.
TSA’s White Paper is a call to action to the TEC sector to get ready for the shift and recognise the opportunity it represents to devise new service and product offerings. Simply replicating the analogue service in the digital world will miss that opportunity.
This report is also a challenge to government, Ofcom, care regulators and telecommunications to work with the TEC sector to ensure the transition is handled well, that vulnerable people are not put at risk and the potential of a digital future for health and care is realised.
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ou can download the TSA White Paper here.
For a PDF version of the Infographic, click here.
You can also connect with the TSA on Twitter at @TSAVoice, or by checking out the #digitaljourney hashtag.
For more information visit the TSA website here.
