Tech outfit Alcove, management consultancy Rethink Partners and monitoring service Provide CIC have been awarded the contract to deliver Suffolk County Council’s innovative care technology service over the next three years.
The Cassius service, awarded following a lengthy procurement process, will focus on technology that promotes independence and provides monitoring and assessment.
The data-driven service will also provide insights into people’s needs to help inform more targeted care and support where needed using real-time information.
Over the coming months, the partners will develop the service into a wider, more integrated package of technology that will support additional needs and opportunities.
“Cassius will deliver more than technology to meet people’s needs – it will provide new and agile ways for the people in Suffolk, who require care and support, to continue to live well in their own homes,” said Alcove chief executive Hellen Bowey.
Suffolk County Council cabinet member for adult social care Cllr Beccy Hopfensberger added: “Our teams have worked hard over the last couple of years to create a vision of how we would like our digital care model to be – setting us aside from other local authorities.
“As we move away from the traditional analogue approach, we are embracing this opportunity to provide a pioneering and intelligent service that will evolve and adapt alongside societal needs.”
