Connected Care

About

Empowering people to stay well and out of hospital through digitally enabled self‑care.

Our ambition with Connected Care is to reduce hospital use by supporting individuals to manage their respiratory health effectively at home. By harnessing digital technologies and personalised data, we aim to:

• Enable early detection of health deterioration through remote monitoring and real-time alerts.

• Support people with self‑management tools that build confidence, insight, and proactive care routines.

• Reduce hospital stays and facilitate safe early discharge.

We believe that digital devices, wearables, and secure data platforms and the insights they generate when used responsibly, can shift healthcare from reactive to proactive. This approach is designed to help people  stay well, reduce risk, and avoid unnecessary admission. CARRii’s infrastructure across the UK - including unique population-scale health data platforms—provides the scale and insight needed to study and implement these innovations in real-world settings.

Key objectives under Connected Care

1. Remote and digital monitoring
   We evaluate technologies - such as wearable trackers and sensor-based tools, that can detect early warning signs of respiratory decline, enabling timely support or intervention.

2. Personalised self‑management support
   Developing data-driven, user-friendly digital solutions that help patients understand their condition, adhere to treatment, and adapt behaviours to reduce risk.

3. Minimising hospital stays via early intervention and discharge
   Enabling patients to recover at home sooner through interventions informed by real-time data and supported by remote clinical input.

4. Scalable and system-wide innovation
   Driving adoption of digital care models across NHS organisations, embedding patient and public involvement, and collaborating with digital health and biotech partners for sustainable impact.

Why Connected Care matters

• Reducing NHS winter pressures by preventing unscheduled admissions and supporting timely care outside hospitals .

• Promoting equitable respiratory care by ensuring digital innovations are accessible, inclusive, and designed to tackle health inequalities.

• Translating research into impact through multi-disciplinary teams (clinicians, data scientists, patients and industry) working together to design, test and implement solutions across the UK.
  

Inspired by CARRii’s overall mission

Connected Care reflects CARRii’s broader vision: bringing interdisciplinary applied research into practice to transform respiratory outcomes across the UK. In partnership with industry, NHS organisations, and patient groups, we’re building the digital infrastructure, methods, and evidence base that enable self‑care programmes to scale with impact and equity.

Theme Lead

University of Oxford

Theme Lead

University of Edinburgh

Lindsay Welch

Associate Lead

Bill Day

PPI Member