Falkirk first Scottish council to safeguard digital telecare
Falkirk Council has become the first local authority in Scotland to launch an end-to-end digital telecare service.
The council has safeguarded its life and limb Mobile Emergency Care Service (MECS) four years before telecommunication providers switch off all analogue lines in the UK.
The project has seen 4,000 analogue MECS alarm systems in people’s homes replaced with pre-programmed digital-ready ones. The remaining 3,200 MECS service users will be transferred to the fully digital service by the end of the year.
The move has earned the council and the Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership a Gold Level 1 Digital Telecare Implementation Award.