Response 4109999

Response to request for information

Reference

4109999

Response date

29 September 2026

Request

Please treat the following as a request for recorded information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. We are seeking to understand how the Council is approaching the development of proactive, preventative and predictive care through Technology Enabled Care (TEC). 

1. Predict & Prevent Approach. Does the Council currently have a strategy, programme, project or defined approach relating to the use of TEC to predict and prevent increasing care needs, deterioration, falls, hospital admission or other risks to independent living? If yes, please provide a brief description or a copy/link to the relevant strategy, programme, business case or other recorded information. 
2. Priorities and Challenges. What priorities, challenges or outcomes has the Council already identified that it wants proactive, preventative or predictive TEC to address? Please provide existing recorded information rather than creating a new opinion or ranking for this request. 
3. Current Position. Is the Council currently: 
   • using Predict & Prevent technology;
   • piloting or evaluating solutions;
   • developing its approach internally;
   • working with an external technology/provider partner;
   • planning future activity; or
   • not currently pursuing Predict & Prevent TEC? Where an external organisation is involved, please provide the organisation's name and a brief description of its involvement. 
4. Number of Connections. Approximately how many people/connections are currently supported by the Council's TEC, telecare or community alarm service? Where held, please separate this into: 
   • dispersed/community alarm connections; and housing, independent living, sheltered housing or warden call connections. 
5. Key Stakeholders. Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the person(s) with responsibility for, or significant involvement in: 
   • TEC / telecare commissioning; 
   • Predict & Prevent / preventative technology;
   • Adult Social Care digital transformation or innovation; 
   • operational TEC / telecare services; 
   • housing / independent living / warden call technology; and 
   • ARC / alarm monitoring services. Where individual contact details cannot be provided, please provide the relevant job title, team and generic email address.

Response

1. Predict & Prevent Approach. Does the Council currently have a strategy, programme, project or defined approach relating to the use of TEC to predict and prevent increasing care needs, deterioration, falls, hospital admission or other risks to independent living? No. 
2. Priorities and Challenges. What priorities, challenges or outcomes has the Council already identified that it wants proactive, preventative or predictive TEC to address? Not Applicable. 
3. Current Position. We are not currently pursuing Predict & Prevent TEC? 
4. Number of Connections. Approximately how many people/connections are currently supported by the Council's TEC, telecare or community alarm service? 850 dispersed alarm connections. 
5. Key Stakeholders. Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the person(s) with responsibility.
   Strategic Housing Manager. Homealarms@rushcliffe.gov.uk. Their identity is personal information which we are not disclosing in accordance with section 40 Freedom of Information Act.