Lincolnshire County Council

Lincolnshire County Council is a high-performing upper-tier authority with a 4,500-strong workforce, delivering services to around 736,000 residents spread across a large rural area. The Council supports residents to access telecare as part of its wider prevention agenda, reducing and delaying the need for escalation of the local population into costly care and health services. The service incorporates a basic retail model alongside an Adult Care service which provides equipment to meet an assessed need. Currently over 3,500 people sign up for telecare each year with circa 2,000 leaving the service, a net increase of 1,500 per annum.