Sustaining the health and adult social care workforce
What investments and actions are required to create a sustainable health and social care workforce?

This note describes current UK telehealth and telecare initiatives and the role they may play in delivering future care.
Telehealth and telecare (448 KB , PDF)
The UK’s elderly population is growing and with it the number of people with long-term health problems. This is putting pressure on the health and social care systems. Increased use of technology such as telehealth and telecare may help to improve quality of care and reduce costs. This note describes current UK telehealth and telecare initiatives and the role they may play in delivering future care.
Telehealth and telecare (448 KB , PDF)
What investments and actions are required to create a sustainable health and social care workforce?
This POSTnote considers the potential impacts of birthrate decline, including on the workforce and the provision of public services.
This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.