December 6, 2024

The 10 Year Health Plan to Make the NHS Fit for the Future – Contribution of the DigiAge Project to the “biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS”

Monday 2nd December was the deadline for the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) first public inquiry into the future of the NHS since Labour came into power. Open to members of the public and organisations alike, the inquiry provided ‘an early opportunity to share your insights as we begin an extensive programme of engagement to develop the 10-Year […]

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October 14, 2024

Digital Transformations / Transforming the Digital – Just and Democratic Futures for Ageing Societies

Insights and personal reflections from a session held at the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Annual International Conference, London, 2024 by Judith Tsouvalis with contributions from Emilene Zitkus, Ruhamah Thejus, Melissa Martinez-Perez and Alice Ashcroft Older adults have long been identified as lesser beneficiaries of the digital economy. According to the UK-based charity Age UK, around […]

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September 2, 2024

Digitising Health and Social Care – Why a Technofix Won’t do

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the development and speed of adoption of digital technology in every sphere of healthcare, including individual health management and care, population-wide health approaches, and the real-time generation, management and integration of medical data. Discussions of healthcare futures are suffused by references to ‘digital transformations’ and ‘digital transitions’, where digital technology is often looked upon as […]

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