Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 520W, on telemedicine, when NHS England will publish a set of consistent measures for commissioners to demonstrate the effect of telehealth technologies on health outcomes.
NHS England is currently developing a set of metrics to be used across technology enabled care services and will be testing these metrics with analysts and commissioners to ensure they are fit for purpose.
NHS England aims to have finalised and published these metrics by October 2014.