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Andrew Webber, Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer, at Whitespace
New research has revealed that increasing digital collaboration to reduce duplication across government, is seen by public sector organisations as the key to the future of innovation and productivity.
In a survey of over 100 senior leaders and managers, collaboration in the online environment
Continue reading Public sector says collaboration, not duplication, is key to the future of innovation and productivity
A new ability swing for wheelchair users at the new Roman Play Villa in Castle Hill is to be installed as part of Ipswich Borough Council’s commitment to inclusivity.
The ability swing allows wheelchair users to swing alongside a flat-seated swing and so enables side-by-side inclusive play – a key aim of the Council’s Play
Continue reading First ‘ability swing’ for Ipswich at Castle Hill Play Area
Katial House
Islington Council has worked with Comelit-PAC to create a cloud based door entry solution for managing access control to communal residential developments across its housing portfolio.
As a leading London Borough Council, Islington has made the transition to a PAC cloud solution across its housing network, delivering improved security for residents.
Continue reading Islington Council moves to Comelit-PAC’s cloud for the benefit of residents
Barley Laing
By Barley Laing, the UK Managing Director at Melissa
As public sector services become increasingly accessible online due to the pandemic and improving technology, there has been a corresponding growth in fraud. According to the Cabinet Office fraud and error in public spending are estimated to cost the taxpayer up to
Continue reading Why effective ID verification in the public sector starts with data quality
Ransomware has long been a menace and has even led to some referring to it as the digital plague of our time. The constant barrage of cyberattacks in the last few years has raised concerns, particularly for organisations that must get to grips with the tactics used by threat actors trying to gain access to
Continue reading Tackling the Threat of Ransomware by Addressing Social Engineering
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has taken the next step in its modern, modular electronic patient record (EPR) programme with Alcidion, having gone live with electronic prescribing and medication administration (ePMA) system Better Meds.
The trust has deployed Better Meds to inpatient and outpatient areas, where it is already removing paper forms and manual
Continue reading South Tees reaches e-prescribing milestone in EPR journey
By Chris Hornung, Managing Director of Public Sector Business at Totalmobile
In recent months, there’s been a lot of hot debate about how the Metaverse is set to transform how we work, play, shop, socialise, transact, and more.
Featuring the confluence of multiple technologies including 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), the internet of things, blockchain, virtual
Continue reading The Metaverse: From Hype to Reality?
Transparency, cost control and fulfilling short notice staffing requirements in as little as 1-2 hours are just three of the main benefits City of Cardiff Council has accomplished since it started working with recruitment technology business Matrix in 2016.
Matrix, which specialises in the procurement of temporary, interim and permanent staffing solutions, provides a neutral
Continue reading How City of Cardiff Council saved £5.7m in recruitment costs with Matrix
Ian Hogan from the Northern Care Alliance and Neil Perry from Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust have joined the forum that debates the big issues facing health tech and seeks to spread innovation for the future
Two of the NHS’ most dynamic chief information officers have joined Highland Marketing’s advisory board of NHS IT professionals
Continue reading Two leading CIOs join the Highland Marketing advisory board
NCC Replaces Paper and Spreadsheets to Digitalise Facilities Management Across 89 Buildings and Over 40 Schools
Northumberland County Council, serving over 2,000 rural square miles, has completed a successful pilot and is now deploying field service management solutions from Totalmobile to digitalise its facilities management
Continue reading Northumberland County Council Modernises Facilities Management Function with Totalmobile
Julian Boneham
By Julian Boneham, Technology Practice Director – Data, at Node4
Following the biggest year of UK electric vehicle (EV) consumer market sales and the COP26 climate conference, 2022 is set to be a defining year for EVs.
Backed by the UK government’s ambitious emission-free measures, and a £1,500 plug-in-car grant for
Continue reading Fuelling the Future of Electric Vehicles
An independent review into the response to COVID-19 in Walsall has shown that partnership working was a dominant feature, essential to meet the challenges that were presented to the community during the pandemic.
The review conducted by the Institute for Community Research and Development at the
Continue reading Council publishes independent report into COVID-19 response
New hub houses 20 government departments, with space to accommodate 1700 staff Hub will house some of the 2100 Civil Service roles moving from London to the West Midlands by 2025, with 880 already relocated Consolidation of eight sites into one is expected to save £2 million per year
A new government hub which
Continue reading New government hub housing roles moved from London opens in Birmingham
Left to right: Satnam Bains, Lisa McNally and Ali Al-Osaimi (Lifestyle Improvement Programme Manager for Sandwell)
Public health experts will use the Unity platform to work with local communities on effective campaigns in many languages and deliver them through the Unity app
Digital health company Health Fabric is preparing to work with Sandwell
Continue reading Health Fabric and Sandwell Council secure Healthy Ageing Challenge funding to tackle health inequalities
The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has been ranked as the highest-rated public service organisation in the UK for customer satisfaction in the July 2022 UK Customer Satisfaction Index (UKCSI). The organisation also achieved this ranking in the January 2022 UKCSI.
The index is published twice a year by the Institute of Customer Service and
Continue reading The Disclosure and Barring Service recognised for a second time as the highest-rated public service organisation for customer satisfaction
Oldham Mill Fire @GPSJ
On Saturday 23 July 2022, human remains were discovered, by demolition workers, at Bismark House Mill, Bower Street, Oldham.
Detectives from GMP’s Oldham district and Major Incident Team have confirmed that, on Saturday 7 May 2022, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire at the premises which
Continue reading Greater Manchester Police declares major incident following discovery of human remains in Oldham premises
Durham
itelligent-i has been chosen by Durham County Council to deliver a corporate data and analytics platform to accelerate the delivery of meaningful insights across the council’s main service areas using its suite of Accelerator Analytics. The solution securely brings together data from multiple sources and delivers meaningful insights upon which the council
Continue reading itelligent-i wins Durham County Council contract in deal to deliver data-driven, customer-led intelligence
Mark Porter
We’ve all needed agency workers in the past to fill recruitment gaps or cover peaks in workload, I acknowledge that there will always be a need for temporary workers in some respect however, there is fine line between this and an overreliance. It’s no secret that the public sector faces high
Continue reading With agency worker placements increasing in London borough councils, Mark Porter, Head of HR Operations at OneSource explains how the right recruitment technology can help to identify and consequently reduce that trend
Traka has launched a new white paper, investigating how security technology can support inmates, staff and rehabilitation programmes to reassign responsibility and reshape the prison landscape.
The downloadable white paper, created in partnership with Serco and Unilink, is entitled, “How technology can support 21st century prison systems.’ It highlights the evolving role of UK prisons,
Continue reading Traka highlights security technology’s role to support prison systems
‘If we are to diversify how we heat our homes and buildings, then we must diversify our industry!”
Charlotte Large, Strategy, Policy and Innovation Director for EQUANS UK & Ireland
EQUANS, part of the ENGIE Group, has led the introduction of a diversity and inclusion charter for the Heat Networks
Continue reading EQUANS pioneers a diversity charter for the Heat Network Industry
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