WHAT'S NEW? SURECARE SUPPORTS HEALTH AND WELLBEING WITH THE WHZAN BLUE BOX
At SureCare Central Cheshire, the organisation is always looking for new ways to care for its clients and keep everyone safe, healthy and comfortable at home.
The team has introduced the Whzan Blue Box, a simple, portable digital health toolkit that helps its carers monitor people’s wellbeing more closely.
The Blue Box allows SureCare’s carers to take key health readings such as heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and oxygen levels. These readings are used to generate a National Early Warning Score (NEWS2) – the same system used by the NHS to identify early signs of changing health.
This enables the team to identify small changes sooner, arrange support more quickly and keep families informed. It forms part of SureCare’s approach to combining thoughtful care with technology to provide additional reassurance for clients and their loved ones.
The Blue Box is being used in a variety of ways across the service. For some clients, it is supporting work with other healthcare professionals to help reduce hospital admissions, while for others it is assisting with earlier discharge from hospital by enabling health monitoring at home.
Each Blue Box contains a tablet and Bluetooth-enabled health tools that connect securely to a cloud-based system. This allows the care team – and where appropriate GPs or family members – to access up-to-date information and make informed care decisions at the right time.
SureCare’s Registered Manager, Sarah Castelow, said: Our adoption of Whzan Digital Health demonstrates our commitment
to integrating technology with compassionate, person-centred care. It allows us to provide proactive support, enhance wellbeing, and giving families peace of mind.
“The Blue Box is a great support to all of our clients, particularly those that have live-in care packages and have a dedicated box for their sole use.”
Alongside its use in clients’ homes, the Blue Box is also being used in the community. Senior carer Lauren Doherty has attended coffee mornings and luncheon clubs in rural communities around Nantwich, using the device to promote awareness of health monitoring and encourage people to seek GP advice where needed.
Lauren commented: “It’s been brilliant to meet those in the local community and use the Whzan Blue Box to encourage those who are putting off booking a check-up with the GP to get them booked in.”
One attendee said: “It’s been great to come in today and have my blood pressure checked. I'm meant to do it at home, but I struggle to put the cuff on, and getting out to the GP to get it checked isn't easy.”
SureCare is proud to be using innovations such as the Whzan Blue Box to support independence, dignity and wellbeing across the community. If you’d like to learn more about how the company is using digital health monitoring in its care services, or would like the team to come along to an event, please get in touch through the website.
www.surecare.co.uk/central-cheshire
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