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The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has claimed a series of successes from the Liverpool 5G Testbed project for using the technology in health and social care.
It said the project – led by the University of Liverpool under the DCMS £200 million 5G Testbed and Trials Programme – has shown that healthcare applications and devices can deliver substantial cost savings to providers and improved health and quality of life to users.
DCMS highlighted a group of use cases of 5G, including for the CGA Simulation social gaming app, which allows users to meet with online to chat and play games. Of the 49 who took part there was over a 25% reduction in those who often or sometimes felt lonely, and a better quality of life equated to over £8,000 per person.