techUK, Liverpool 5G Testbed July 2019
- This joint report highlights how 5G can support the transformation of future healthcare applications and services. Building on the experiences of the Liverpool 5G testbed, the report highlights how 5G can benefit the sector; from transforming some ways patients interact with their own healthcare management, to enabling healthcare professionals to remotely monitor patients.
- The report contains six recommendations to Government on how to effectively harness 5G in health and social care:
- 1. Accelerate the deployment of 5G to the majority of the country, enabling UK consumers and businesses to take early advantage of the benefits.
- 2. Support the uptake of digital health tools to the general public by a) utilising government data and communication channels to promote the benefits of digital health tools and b) reviewing how the personal budgets programme could better support the uptake of personal digital technology.
- 3. Foster knowledge exchange between DCMS and the Department of Health and Social Care to embed knowledge, experience and expertise on the potential of 5G into the newly formed NHSX.
- 4. Ensure that the new NHS England app allows the public to access data beyond that held in primary care – and promote the ability to do so.
- 5. Provide health and social care professionals in the community with 5G technology, particularly in rural areas with limited health and social care provision, where consumer options for getting online are also limited.
- 6. Ensure the NHS can capitalise on developments in AI, Genomics, 5G, and Blockchain technology.
- Led by Sensor City, the project includes Blu Wireless Technology, AIMES, DefProc, CGA Simulation, Liverpool City Council, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT), University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University and the eHealth Cluster.
- 5G Testhbed programme,
- 5G Testbed Programme update (July 2019)
- Press: Digital Health
