Connected Health & Social Care
Private 5G networks for care homes, community clinics, virtual wards, and social housing. Secure, reliable connectivity for health and social care — without enterprise pricing.
Remote consultations, virtual wards, telecare sensors, and smart care homes all depend on connectivity that's reliable, secure, and affordable. Commercial broadband SLAs are often cost-prohibitive for care settings. We build private networks that give health and social care providers the connectivity they need at a price that works.
What Private 5G Enables
Secure, reliable connectivity for every part of the care pathway — from hospital to home.
Remote Care & Consultations
High-bandwidth video streaming and real-time medical image sharing for remote consultations and clinical collaboration. Reduce patient travel, cut costs, and lower emissions.
Virtual Wards & Home Monitoring
IoT sensors supporting community-based welfare monitoring, medication adherence, predictive health tracking, and combating social isolation. Hospital-level care in the patient's home.
Smart Care Homes
Connected care homes with integrated monitoring, telecare, and communication systems. Replace fragmented connectivity with a single reliable network that supports staff and residents.
Social Housing IoT
Deploy IoT sensors across social housing for environmental monitoring, energy efficiency, and resident wellbeing. Close the connectivity gap in underserved communities.
The 2G/3G Switch-Off Is Coming
Thousands of telecare devices across the UK currently rely on 2G and 3G networks that are being phased out. Social care providers need viable replacement connectivity — and commercial broadband SLAs are often cost-prohibitive.
Private 5G networks offer a secure, affordable alternative that can support the next generation of telecare, smart housing, and remote monitoring.
5G in UK Health & Care Today
Private 5G is already supporting health and social care across the UK.
Glasgow Smart Care Homes (SCSP)
Developing Smart Care Homes, Smart Telecare, Smart Home Care, and Virtual Wards using private 5G connectivity.
Renfrewshire IoT Initiative
IoT sensors deployed into 10,000 social homes paired with free high-fibre broadband, generating savings and closing connectivity gaps.
Source: UKTIN
Why Aerix
Enterprise 5G providers target large hospital trusts with six-figure contracts. But most care happens in the community — in care homes, social housing, and patients' own homes. These settings need reliable, secure connectivity at a price that stretched care budgets can actually afford. That's what we build.
Related Reading
Virtual Wards at Scale: Why NHS Hospital-at-Home Hinges on Connectivity
NHS virtual wards are moving hospital-grade care into patients' living rooms. The infrastructure under them is the part nobody owns.
The 2G/3G Switch-Off and Social Care: What Happens to Telecare?
The UK's 2G and 3G networks are being switched off. Here's what care providers need to know.
Why Care Homes Need Their Own Network
Care homes depend on connectivity for telecare, consultations, and safety. Standard broadband isn't enough.
Common questions
Why do care homes and virtual wards need private 5G?
Care homes increasingly run telecare alarms, falls sensors, video consultation devices and connected medical equipment — all of which need reliable, always-on connectivity. Public broadband and Wi-Fi often fall short, particularly in older or rural buildings. A private 5G network gives clinical-grade reliability across the whole facility.
Is the network secure enough for patient data?
Yes. Cellular networks use SIM-based authentication and encrypt traffic on the radio interface by default. Aerix supports on-premise core deployment for sites that need data to stay local, plus integration with NHS DSP Toolkit and Cyber Essentials Plus controls. Patient data security is a default, not an add-on.
Will it work in rural care settings without fibre?
That is one of the situations Aerix specifically targets. Where fibre is not available, we use microwave or satellite backhaul to bring connectivity to the site, then a private 5G radio gives indoor and outdoor coverage across the building and grounds. Many of our existing customers are in exactly this position.
Does it support connected medical devices and telecare?
Yes. SIM-based authentication scales to large fleets of devices — telecare alarms, falls sensors, vital-signs monitors, infusion pumps — far better than Wi-Fi password management. Devices are cryptographically tied to the network, with central revocation if a device goes missing.
How does it integrate with NHS systems and existing IT?
The private network sits at the IP transport layer, so existing systems — care management software, NHS Spine connections, electronic patient records — see it as another secure network. We work alongside NHS DSP Toolkit requirements and your existing IT supplier rather than replacing them.
Ready to connect your care setting?
From care homes to community clinics, we build private 5G networks that give care providers the connectivity they need at a price that works.