The Queen's Nursing Institute
The Queen's Nursing Institute works with the public, nurses and decision-makers to make sure that good quality nursing is available at home for everyone when they need it.
In this section:
Why not enjoy a short visit or a long day out at a National Gardens Scheme garden and show your support for one of the QNI's major funders.
Supporting the Fund for Innovation and Leadership.
Visit our District Nursing 150 website, a celebration of the vibrant one hundred and fifty year history of District Nursing in the UK.
Telehealth programmes
Various organisations are working locally, regionally and nationally, to test and implement telehealth and telecare programmes. Telehealth is rapidly entering the mainstream in primary care.
3 Million Lives
http://www.3millionlives.co.uk/ - the campaign to make telehealth available nationwide, launched in December 2011. The object of 3 million lives is to improve care for patients, and deliver that care in a more efficient way.
Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) Programme
http://www.dh.gov.uk/health/2011/12/wsd-headline-findings/ - this programme across three areas of the UK involved 6000 patients. It's evaluation by the Department of Health led to the conclusion that nationally, 3 million people could benefit from telehealth and telecare. This led to the launch of the Three Million Lives campaign.
DALLAS
DALLAS (Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles at Scale) is a new pilot programme across five sites, under the direction of the Technology Strategy Board:
See also the official web groups for DALLAS and assisted living:
https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/dallas and
https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/assisted-living-innovation-platform-alip/overview
