Healthcare Commissioning Forum

The initiative delivers savings of £4.5 million nationally, or £8,800 per 100,000 population, per year (based on figures from 2011–2012). This is less than the anticipated savings in the original case study.

The conventional protocol of face-to-face follow-up would have required 2685 face-to-face follow-up appointments over 24 months at a cost of £322,200 (assuming a tariff of £120 per consultation). The development of a remote monitoring service required only 1611 face-to-face consultations and 1074 remote monitoring scheduled downloads, at a cost of £95,264 (since remote follow-up tariffs were Costed at just under £38), resulting in a 70.4% absolute cost reduction.

Consultant time required for this protocol, involving face-to-face and remote monitoring, was 1343 and 806 hours respectively, resulting in a 40% reduction in consultant time needed compared with conventional face-to-face follow-up only.

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