As outlined in the recent NHS 10 year plan, the NHS needs to do more, with less. Quite a hefty task when you take into account the increasing amount of pressure on a system that is already creaking under the strain of more patients and hospital admissions with fewer staff to manage and care for them.
The encouragement within the plan to move towards digitalising many acute care workflows and processes does however cast a much-needed positive chink of light over this seemingly insurmountable task which, alongside the expectation of NHS organisations to reserve at least 3% of their annual budget for one-time investments in digital transformation projects, makes it seem feasible. Indeed, investment in digitalisation will surely go a long way to help Trusts achieve the additional requirement of a 2% productivity uplift year-on-year.
With demand for NHS services expected to grow between 4-5% per year and with annual productivity gains currently averaging less than 1%, it seems that the spotlight undoubtedly needs to be firmly and unwaveringly focused on the technologies that will help the NHS achieve these requirements.
We can assume that many clinicians working within the NHS today would agree that they are being drawn away from the very reason that they chose a care profession in the first instance, which would surely be to look after, treat and care for people in society.
Some would undoubtedly admit to be drowning in a sea of paperwork, red tape bureaucracy and administrative tasks, the necessity and burden of which is taking away from the time spent with patients to ensure positive patient outcomes; not forgetting to mention the toll that it is taking on the clinicians themselves.
It is clear that ‘the order of things’ need to change and the introduction of new, ground-breaking technologies, although perhaps alien or intimidating to some, need to make a rather swift emergence for the sake of all concerned. Trusts need to provide a better and more sustainable service to their patients, so technological advancements need to be reviewed, considered and adopted with haste. They need to become the ‘new normal.’
Enter Voice-Care.
Voice-Care is not just a product; it represents a commitment to irrevocably transforming healthcare whilst setting new standards in the industry to enhance patient safety and care, increase productivity, achieve 100% compliance standards and reduce burdensome clinical administrative tasks.
The brainchild of its Executive Director Philip Jarrett, a recipient of the UK’s Special Award for Innovation & Technology from the Government’s Technology Strategy Board (UK-TSB), Voice-Care is quite simply at the forefront of the healthcare technology revolution.
This ground-breaking, dynamic digital solution provides clinicians with the tools they need to optimise workflows and processes whilst drastically improving positive patient outcomes.
Developed alongside leading clinicians, Heads of Governance and ICUs, Voice-Care is a unique, voice-guided and voice-directed system that provides users with step-by-step verbal guidance and processes for clinicians to follow, using best-practice, clinically-designed workflows for a range of applications within operating theatres, radiology and bedside care.
Designed to be dependable and robust, ensuring consistent performance in healthcare environments, Voice-Care works by integrating seamlessly into existing healthcare systems, making it accessible to healthcare professionals of all levels, empowering them to make informed decisions and deliver consistently exceptional care.
With the ability for all patient and procedural data to be uploaded to the patient record in real time, it virtually eliminates the workforce pressure of completing time-consuming administrative tasks and instead provides cohesive, critical patient information and data for immediate review amongst clinical care teams, ensuring that patient diagnoses and treatments can be elevated and hastened with immediacy.
With a firm focus on aligning Voice-Care solutions with healthcare industry needs thanks to years of extensive research, Voice-Care has so far gleaned a strong market presence and a hugely positive reception from a wide range of healthcare professionals. Having navigated the healthcare industry’s complex regulatory landscape and the forming of solid, strategic partnerships with key stakeholders within the healthcare sector, Voice-Care has already gained a considerable and admirable amount of credibility and reach since its inception in 2021.
With the potential to deliver productivity gains of up to 30%, enhance patient engagement, and improve care plan strategies, Voice-Care is well positioned to support the ambitious goals set out in the latest 10-Year Plan.
In Voice-Care’s view, the 10 Year Plan represents a giant and positive leap forward in terms of the much-needed focus that new and emerging technologies require within the healthcare sector – it is now not just a ‘want’ but a ‘need.’
Without the adoption of the latest forward-thinking digital and dynamic technologies, of which Voice-Care is at the forefront, the requirements laid out within the plan will surely be hard to realise.
The healthcare sector needs to achieve better patient care, better patient outcomes, elevated levels of patient engagement and a reduction in administrative tasks in order to make this possible. The focus needs to be on patient welfare and patient best practices in addition to the needs of the clinicians treating them; not a focus on time-consuming piles of paperwork. Voice-Care can achieve all of this seamlessly, accurately, reliably and consistently.
Clinical decision makers should take note: the NHS 10 Year Plan lays out a multitude of tasks that Voice-Care can do - and more. Voice-Care and its wealth of benefits should therefore be embedded deep into the core of any digital transformation plan to ensure that targets can be realised and lives are ultimately saved.