How NHS Sussex is embracing digital technology to support people’s health and wellbeing in the comfort of their own home is the topic of the latest NHS Sussex News podcast.

Lisa Emery, the organisation’s Chief Transformation, Innovation and Digital Officer, talks in easy-to-understand terms about the concept of ‘virtual wards’.

Virtual wards are an initiative being rolled out nationally to support patients who are awaiting surgery, recovering from hospitalisation or able to complete treatment outside of hospital to be regularly monitored by a clinical team in the place they call home, using a range of simple technologies.

Lisa also talks about the benefits of the free NHS App, and how it provides simple and secure access to a range of healthcare services from your smartphone, that might otherwise mean a call to your GP or NHS 111.

Available on all major podcast platforms such as Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts and Deezer, the NHS Sussex News podcast can be accessed via Alexa smart-speakers, on Twitter @NHSSussex or through the news page of the Sussex Health and Care website.