Executives of British telehealth solutions provider Home Telehealth Limited (HTL) have recently returned from high level meetings in Chongqing, China following the signing earlier this year of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Chongqing Health Bureau and Welsh Assembly Government Department for Public Health and Primary Care.

The MOU formalises the setting up of a primary healthcare project in Chongqing to collaborate and cooperate in the development of primary healthcare systems, including the professional development and training of healthcare staff and staff exchange programmes to Chongqing. The Chinese Government's recently announced a policy statement on 'Deepening Healthcare System Reform' which seeks, with a budget of $124 billion dollars to among other things to build a health clinic in each of the country's 700,000 villages. The population of Chongqing is 32 million and HTL is seen to be a provider of innovative solutions to implementing elements of this programme.

HTL is headquartered in the Welsh city of Cardiff, while its nurse-led contact center is based in Northern Ireland. HTL is committed to delivering the UK Government's Telecare and Telehealth agenda by providing 'best of breed' solutions to enable independent living initiatives and the management of people with long-term conditions.