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Anonymity Policy

 

The gist is...If you have a serious comment to make anonymously...email it, don't just post it.


Truly anonymous comments - where the writer is unknown - are not published unless they are unexceptional.

Comments or articles where the authorship is known but are offered for publication anonymously are considered on their merits. (Email Steve or Donna in confidence.) There are some circumstances where it is necessary to be close to a particular situation to be able to throw light on it but to write about it publicly would jeopardise the author's position. In that case, the decision to publish an item anonymously hinges on the question of whether or not it is informed opinion that will add insight to, or might start, a debate on a particular topic.

Unsubstantiated allegations of illegal behaviour or substandard products, for example, would not be posted unless they could be independently verified, in which case we would probably publish them ourselves.

Just because a post, article or comment, etc. is published on Telecare Aware readers cannot and should not infer that the editors agree with the author, anonymous or not.

Steve Hards
Donna Cusano
Editors
steve.hards@telecareaware.com
donna.cusano@telecareaware.com

Soapbox

Get on our soapbox and sound off about your telecare or telehealth issues!



Telecare Soapbox: When is a healthcare company a healthcare company?

Tuesday, 10 March 2009 10:22

Steve Hards asks "What questions should telehealth commissioners be asking suppliers?"

Now that the laughter in the UK's telecare/teleheath community over Tunstall's name change in the UK to 'Tunstall Healthcare' has subsided into a rather nervous giggle, it's an appropriate time to raise the question of what criteria does a company have to meet to be recognised as a healthcare company?

 

Telecare Soapbox: TSA National Telecare & Telehealth Conference 2008

Friday, 14 November 2008 00:00

An appreciative comment on the Telecare Services Association’s 2008 conference in Brighton on 3-5 November by 'telehealth convert', Consultant Cardiologist Dr Lance Forbat.

 

Telecare Soapbox: Access to emergency services: a right, entitlement or privilege?

Tuesday, 12 August 2008 00:00

Steve Hards: Are telecare users – in the UK at least – at risk of being denied an emergency service response?

 

Telecare Soapbox: Council runs liability risk with inappropriate telecare provision

Tuesday, 04 December 2007 00:00

James Batchelor, MD of Alertacall, raises a serious issue for councils and other telecare suppliers: what risk is a council running when its employee substitutes a 'standard' but inappropriate equipment package for a privately-funded one that was more suitable for the client? Would the person's consent to the course of action be a defence if the consent were based on inappropriate advice?

 

Telecare Soapbox: Tesco Telecare – How far away?

Tuesday, 20 November 2007 00:00

This item by Paul Gee, Chief Executive of the UK's Telecare Services Association (TSA), was originally published Autumn 2007 in the TSA's magazine.

 

Telecare Soapbox: What's wrong with the UK's model of telecare?

Thursday, 27 September 2007 00:00

Telecare practitioner Rufus Handy articulates in a forthright manner what many people seem to be thinking about the way telecare is currently being presented and implemented.

 

Telecare Soapbox: Telecare ‘Smart Homes’ Nowhere Near Smart Enough

Thursday, 16 August 2007 00:00

The Smart House movement pre-dates the introduction of telecare. Guy Dewsbury challenges the current trend of branding telecare-enabled accommodation as 'smart'. Read his Telecare Soapbox item: and here is a links to a press release that exemplifies what he is objecting to. 'Smart House' uses new technology to promote independent living

 

Telecare Soapbox: Postscript to the UK budget announcement

Friday, 30 March 2007 00:00

What was Chancellor Gordon Brown up to when he announced that the VAT rate on equipment to help older and disabled people live independently would reduce to 5%? Steve Hards reflects.

 

Telecare Soapbox: LTC demonstrator sites to kill off small telecare suppliers?

Wednesday, 15 November 2006 00:00

Speculation by Steve Hards, concerning the potential double-edged effect of the Department of Health's large 'White Paper pilots: whole system long term conditions (LTC) demonstrator programme'.

 
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