Health partners
EMIS
Looking Local partners with EMIS to deliver GP appointments and repeat prescriptions. EMIS is the UK's leading IT supplier in primary healthcare, hosting over 39 million electronic patient records (EPRs) within its systems. Around 55 per cent of doctors in the UK currently use EMIS software each day.
Tunstall
Tunstall is the world's leading provider of telehealthcare solutions. Their solutions play a pivotal role in supporting older people and those with long-term needs to live independently, by effectively managing their health and well-being.
Intouch with health
With over 10 years of accumulated experience, Intouch with health's mission is to assist healthcare organisations in harnessing innovation, increasing their productivity, and improving the quality of services they deliver.
Sefton NHS Trust
Sefton NHS Trust is a local primary care trust serving 280,000 people across north Merseyside. NHS Sefton has built a service on Looking Local offering its patients and residents access to a range of health services and local listings for free via DiTV 24/7 and via mobile for those people on the move.
NHS Choices
NHS Choices is a comprehensive information service that helps to put you in control of your healthcare.The service is intended to help you make choices about your health, inform on the practical aspects of finding and using NHS services in England when you need them. Looking Local is working with NHS Choices to widen access to this vital information in particular local listings of healthcare providers.
Alston Healthcare
Alston Healthcare is a a social enterprise designed to develop e-health services on Alston Moor in Cumbria. Alston will be a pilot area for a number of the telecare and telehealth projects Looking Local is part of.
Virtex
Virtex is a partner in the telecare work Looking Local is involved in, the project aims to develop communities of telecare users, to deliver flexible community-based care, preserve social inclusion and maintain a healthier lifestyle and independent living.
Technology Strategy Board
The Technology Strategy Board Description:The Technology Strategy Board's role is to stimulate technology-enabled innovation in the areas which offer the greatest scope for boosting UK growth and productivity. TSB has funded part the Virtex telecare programme.
T-Seniority
T-Seniority aims to expand the benefits of the 'Information Society' to Older People, offering a flexible combination of citizen-centric and personalised e-Care services primarily via digital and digital interactive TV. Looking Local is the UK partner on this EU project. To read our Health, Telecare & Telehealth case study click here.
Business Case
Read about the Business Case for Looking Local from a Health perspective click here.
