Susan Hayes-Cullerton

their fitness device data over to a health insurer can now get a discount on their premium.

This seems to be happening more and more around the world.

Do you see it coming here or even becoming more mainstream, Stephen?

I found the latest data that I could find was the Smart Technology 2024 report.

It came out of the CSO.

And at that stage, more than half, it was 54% of people wear smart devices, such as a smart watch, fitness band, activity tracker, and one in nine or 11% was using smart solutions for monitoring

For example, their blood pressure, sugar levels, body weight, etc.

That was, as I say, the date from 2024.

Do you think that usage of these devices has increased since then?

And are they continuing to do so?

And Stephen, to this point, we've talked about data that has already been collected.

What we haven't talked about is prediction.

And I'm keen to know where you think that is going.

Wearables do monitor health indicators, but they can't formally diagnose conditions at the moment.

Do you see that changing?

If I can go back to the virtual boards for the moment, is that focusing primarily on bringing people out of hospital?

So it's post-care?

Is this also intersecting then with the world of occupational therapy?

As in because an occupational therapist would be evaluating the home to see if it's safe enough for a person to go home, let's say after an injury or if they're in rehabilitation.

Is that where looking at the physical world and then the virtual ward technology would intersect together to provide more holistic care?