LONDON and WOLVERHAMPTON, United Kingdom, Aug. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Royal Wolverhampton
NHS Trust (RWT) and Babylon today announced they have extended
their partnership to bring Babylon's value-based care service –
Babylon 360 – to c.55,000 people across Wolverhampton. This collaboration builds on
the existing partnership between RWT and Babylon, with the
aim of introducing an integrated and accessible digital-first
healthcare experience for Wolverhampton residents.
Working closely with RWT on the rollout, Babylon will introduce
Babylon 360 to the population covered by the RWT's own Primary Care
Network (PCN) to empower people to stay healthy using
Babylon's digital health tools, as well as care for them when they
are sick. Babylon currently provides its digital-first, B360
services to members of health plans in New York, California and Missouri.
Babylon's B360 allows healthcare to be easily accessed by
patients, while the advanced technology frees up medical
professionals to focus on proactively predicting and managing
patients to make healthcare more affordable for the NHS. A
recent peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of Medical
Internet Research, found that members of Babylon's highly
accessible NHS primary care service, Babylon GP at Hand, incurred
between 15-35% lower acute hospital costs than the regional
average.
RWT is a highly innovative, vertically-integrated organisation,
with nine GP practices, three hospitals and over twenty community
healthcare sites across Wolverhampton and Staffordshire.
Since the start of the pandemic, Babylon and RWT have worked
together to extend their relationship, exploring routes to increase
adoption of digital health tools and services. After 18 months, we
have combined all of our learnings in order to build a more
patient-centric, digital-first model for the people of Wolverhampton. Delivering improved health
outcomes for patients and reducing costs, plus bringing value to
RWT and patients alike.
Trust Chief Executive Professor David Loughton CBE, said:
"The partnership with Babylon is an exciting one for us as a Trust.
The NHS has learned so much about the benefit of using digital
platforms during the Covid-19 pandemic and we are excited to
continue to develop this, in partnership with Babylon. This
technology will enhance patient choice and give them greater
control over their own health and wellbeing, supporting them
to have their GP appointments at a time and location suitable for
them."
Dr. Umang Patel, Managing
Director Value Based Care (UK), Babylon said: "The experience of
the pandemic has made the case for integrated care even stronger
and has redoubled the government's determination to prioritise
public health, focusing specifically on preventive healthcare.
Joining up with the government agenda, we look to continue rolling
out similar services like our value-based care model, Babylon 360,
which aims to create a holistic, easily accessible and affordable
healthcare option that promotes prevention over the cure."
Dr. Ali Parsa, CEO, Babylon,
said: "We believe it is possible to put an accessible and
affordable health service in the hands of every person on Earth.
Yet we are a long way away from that. There is a lot that needs to
be learnt and this partnership with RWT is another step in allowing
us to learn together how we can co-create a better model of care
for all. We are honoured to have the opportunity to work with David
and his brilliant team in RWT, to deepen our joint services
and extend it to a significant proportion of the population of
Wolverhampton."
During the first phase of the rollout, the Babylon and RWT
partnership will introduce new digital-first services to patients
of RWT's nine GP practices. Through the Babylon app, those patients
will be able to access their current GP practice book video
appointments with their regular RWT GP. They will also have access
to Babylon's digital health tools, such as its symptom checker.
Notes to Editors
About Babylon
Babylon is a leading, digital-first, value-based care company
whose mission is to make high-quality healthcare accessible and
affordable for everyone on Earth.
Babylon is reengineering healthcare, shifting the focus from
sick care to preventative healthcare so that patients experience
better health, and reduced costs. This is achieved by leveraging a
highly scalable, digital-first platform combined with high quality,
virtual clinical operations to provide all-in-one, personalized
healthcare. We endeavour to keep patients at the peak of health and
get them back on their feet as quickly as possible, all from their
devices, with the aim to promote longer and healthier lives. When
sick, Babylon provides assistance to navigate the health system,
connecting patients digitally to the right clinician 24/7, at no
additional cost.
Founded in 2013, we have since delivered millions of clinical
consultations and AI interactions, with c.2m clinical consultations
and c.3.9m AI interactions in 2020
alone. We work with governments, health providers and insurers
across the globe, and support healthcare facilities from small
local practices to large hospitals.
You can also visit www.babylonhealth.com/us.
About The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the
largest acute and community providers in the West Midlands, having more than 850 beds on
the New Cross site, 56 rehabilitation beds at West Park Hospital
and 54 beds at Cannock Chase Hospital. RWT is the largest employer
in Wolverhampton, the Trust
employs more than 9,400 staff, covering more than 350 different
roles. RWT provide services from the following locations:
- New Cross Hospital - secondary and tertiary services,
maternity, Accident and Emergency, critical care and
outpatients.
- West Park Hospital - rehabilitation inpatient and day care
services, therapy services and outpatients.
- Cannock Chase Hospital - general surgery, orthopaedics, breast
surgery, urology, dermatology/plastic surgery and medical day case
investigations and treatment (including endoscopy, rheumatology and
dermatology).
- More than 20 community sites - community services for children
and adults, walk-in centres and therapy and rehabilitation
services.
- Primary care - Nine GP practices have now joined with RWT and
offer extended opening hours to patients.
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