The UK care sector is at an inflection point. From enhancing safety and achieving personalised outcomes to dealing with unprecedented challenges around staff recruitment and retention, care homes and social care providers alike are recognising the need for a new level of visibility into users’ activity and wellbeing. They’re embracing a new paradigm of data-driven care.
That’s why I invited three of the most forward-looking people in the care technology space to take part in a roundtable exploring these issues. Vayyar Care partners Steven Holmes, commercial director at Arquella, Paul Berney, CMO at Anthropos, and Stephen Cavanagh, senior sales consultant at Ascom UK, shared their insights and their visions of a new chapter in the story of care.
Stuart Barclay: How would you describe the need, demand, and market-readiness for data-driven care?
Steven Holmes: The adult care sector is lagging behind other