{"id":688949,"date":"2026-07-13T08:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688949\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:38:11","slug":"ai-messaging-tool-launched-for-unpaid-carers-in-gloucestershire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/688949\/","title":{"rendered":"AI messaging tool launched for unpaid carers in Gloucestershire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The development of the tool is being funded through a government grant and is expected to cost \u00a328,000 over two years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Michelle Blakely, of MB Consultancy and a trusted adviser to the health and social care sector in Gloucestershire, said the tool could help carers &#8220;feel more confident, less isolated and better equipped&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Blakely said while the messaging tool was a &#8220;really positive step for unpaid carers&#8221;, the technology &#8220;should compliment, rather than replace, human support&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;An app can provide information and signposting, but it can&#8217;t replace professional advice, compassion or personal judgement,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The development of the tool is being funded through a government grant and is expected to cost \u00a328,000&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[554,733,4308,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-688949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}