About us

Who we are

Established in the UK in 1957, Tunstall Healthcare Group is the world's leading provider of telehealthcare solutions. Operating in more than 30 countries and employing over 1000 people, Tunstall supports 2.5m people around the world.

Tunstall's philosophy is simple - to protect, support and care for people - by providing healthcare technology and services that enable anyone requiring support and reassurance, such as older people or those with long term needs, to lead an independent life with dignity and reassurance.

Widespread evidence of efficiency and quality of life gains exist today (see evidence) - the benefits are undeniable. Telehealthcare can dramatically improve the lives of people as well as their carers and is an enabler for re-engineering of health and social care provision whilst creating an integrated healthcare pathway.

What we do

Tunstall provides complete and fully-integrated telecare and telehealth solutions for home, assisted living and specialist care environments, hospital communication systems, associated support services, response centre software systems and monitoring services.

  • Telecare is the real time, 24 hours a day monitoring of risks to a person's independence.
  • Telehealth status monitoring captures body vital-signs measurements and health surveys for individuals with assessed needs.
  • The resulting sets of information can be processed and combined in single views of client data, to enable triage services and early interventions.

Telehealthcare delivers:

  • Improved personal outcomes
  • Improved quality of life
  • Economic efficiencies
  • Sustainable health and social care systems
  • Preventative solutions

Tunstall's telehealthcare solutions are of the highest quality and yet are relatively low cost products and services for care at home. The solutions offer a highly flexible care tool that can be adapted as users' needs evolve.

As well as supporting older people and those with care needs, informal carers benefit greatly from technology as they are under increasing pressure, noting for example that carer stress or loss of a carer are the primary causes of a person entering residential care.

Tunstall continues to expand market boundaries by creating innovative, accessible solutions that enrich people's lives, by empowering them to manage their own health and well-being.

Our mission

To provide market leading telehealthcare solutions which play a pivotal role in managing the health and well-being of people around the world.

Our values

Core to all Tunstall's propositions is the ethos of providing choice, quality of life and person-centered care. This is evident in every aspect of our work from the solutions we provide, the people we employ and the relationships we maintain.

Tunstall has long been associated with quality and innovation and is committed to developing groundbreaking new products and services that will work on a single platform, with reduced costs and increased capability.

"Every council should invest in 4 things, 1) re-ablement, 2) everyone with care needs live in appropriate environment with the right equipment such as Telecare 3) training 4) information and advice" Phil Hope MP, Social Care Minister 22.10.09

Andy Burnham Secretary of State for Health "an average of £1m a year can
be saved by developing re-ablement services and about the same from telecare." 22.10.09