Publish date: 2 February 2023
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) is empowering patients to manage their long-term conditions at home with a pioneering new service.
The Remote Monitoring Service is a community service provided by Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), which aims to encourage and support patients with eligible long-term conditions to manage their day-to-day health.
Patients who are eligible for the Remote Monitoring Service are provided with easy-to-use equipment that allows them to take their own readings at home. This equipment includes weighing scales, blood pressure monitors and pulse oximeters, and the equipment provided will vary according to the nature of a patient’s condition.
Patients input their own readings into an app each day to be reviewed by a health care professional, who will escalate as required if these readings are outside of a normal range.
This allows patients to continue their day-to-day lives as normal if their readings remain within a normal range – without the need for regular healthcare appointments to have these readings taken by a professional.
One patient who has benefited from the Remote Monitoring Service is Fergus, who was placed on the service following a severe heart attack. With the help of his wife Maureen, Fergus has been able to successfully manage and understand his own condition. The service has even given Maureen and Fergus the confidence to travel abroad – while still recording Fergus’ readings on the app each day.
Nicola Blasé, Remote Monitoring Team Leader, said: “It’s amazing to see the effect that the service has on patient lives, to see a patient empowered to understand and manage their own condition, that’s what the Remote Monitoring Service aims to do for our patients.”
