Gerry Allmark

Gerry Allmark is a service provider representative from England on the TSA's Board.

Gerry has�worked in the Public Sector since 1993 when�he took up the post of Service Manager with Guildford Borough Council�s Department of Housing and Health Services.� During his six years in the post�he was responsible for developing a number of strategies and business plans for the Council�s Environmental Health Division, ranging from community safety agreements to financial projects and the implementation of a new IT system for division.

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Since 1998�Gerry�has worked in the telecare industry managing the Emergency Communications Service for Guildford Borough Council and developing telecare services locally and for corporate clients across the UK.�He has�also championed the use of telecare through his work with TSA and partner organizations in health, social care and the supply sector.��

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Apart from Gerry's management responsibilities for the control centre�he has�also developed various telecare strategies within Guildford and across Surrey.�He has worked closely with the County Council on the development of strategies and policies relating to Surrey�s Preventative Technology Grant allocation and is�currently working with the PCT, County Council and other partner agencies on Surrey�s Long Term Conditions Whole System Demonstrator bid.

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Gerry has regularly made presentations on Guildford�s telecare initiatives to various conferences and seminars, and has also helped raise the profile of telecare by carrying out personal briefings on the subject to Members of Parliament including Virginia Bottomley, Sue Doughty and Sandra Gidley.

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Prior to joining Guildford Borough Council�Gerry worked in ICT where�he held a variety of technical and management roles with Texas Instruments, Shell UK and the Nat-West Bank group.

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Gerry is passionate about developing technology to assist vulnerable people to live more independently, and fully supports the philosophy of TSA to raise standards within the industry.