About WEL:NX

Building on the digitalization of many everyday goods and services, our proposal is to introduce digital technology into the conventional first aid kit and significantly enhance its capabilities. Our digital first aid kit is compatible with mobile technology and integrated with cloud data management systems. We believe this digital tool kit has the potential to take basic health check-ups out of hospitals and doctors’ surgeries and into streets, homes and workplaces, turning the current passive healthcare system into one that is actively engaged.

Our particular focus is social care for the elderly, disabled and homeless. The ability for these people to access a basic health check-up can be incredibly difficult. Whether as a result of mobility issues, the sheer intimidation of putting oneself in an unfamiliar situation, or the sense of vulnerability from a developing ailment – for many such patients, problems go unchecked for longer than they should. With this digital first aid kit, they would be able to feed real-time data to a central health knowledge service such as NHS 24 - a confidential health advice and information service provided by NHS Scotland. Patients who feel unwell or those caring for them could obtain advice in situations where the general practitioner is not available. The centrally run health databases would, in turn, have more comprehensive patient information with which to diagnose potential ailments.