Health Services: Older People

(asked on 10th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to use virtual reality therapy to treatĀ older people advised to have limited social interaction due to the outbreak of COVID-19.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 19th March 2020

The Department is exploring how best we can support older people advised to have limited social interaction. There are no plans at present to treat older people in their homes with virtual reality therapy. However we are rapidly expanding our video-conferencing capability and the implementation of remote capabilities underpins many of the aims of the NHS Long Term Plan.

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