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Rounding up the Tories’ key pledges in the area of digital and data, including a new cybercrime force and tax incentives for investments in cloud computing

Organisation looks to appoint supplier to deliver two-year project

Barts Health to launch procurement for supplier to host and maintain VDI environment 

Digital self-check-in at an NHS centre in London enables patients to be attended to within a few minutes. Gill Hitchcock reports.

YouGov poll shows little trust that large multinational companies will treat information with adequate confidentiality

The city has ambitious plans, and benefits from ubiquitous access to full-fibre broadband. PublicTechnology talks to the council’s digital and IT chief to find out more

Two-year project to cost up to £1.8m

London Ambulance Service deploys technology allowing medical professionals to assess injuries and decide on appropriate response

Tech organisation seeks to bring in two part-time advisors to help make services as useful and accessible as possible

In 2017, the NHS was the most high-profile victim of an international cyberattack. With the imminent phasing-out of support for Windows 7, Guinevere Poncia asks how government institutions are keeping pace with cyberthreats 

Improving its online offering has enabled the department to make life easier for citizens and its own staff. Lead delivery manager Alan Soulsby talks us through the project.

Initial advert was criticised for excluding many potential BAME candidates

New contract has four times as many providers as outgoing deal, but it is not clear how long it will take for all systems to be available to buy

Electronic prescriptions will be implemented across England from next month

Simon Eccles talks to Gill Hitchcock about AI, apps, open APIs and uniting innovative SMEs with clinicians to transform the health service

Executive agency recruits for leader to spearhead tech operations

Newly released code allows developers to embed additional security features

While it might not need the beer fridges and bean bags, the NHS could learn something from the employee-engagement fostered by start-ups, believes Anas Nader of Patchwork Health

e-Health records are enabling pharmacists to make informed decisions about treating patients and relieve pressure on GPs, writes Gill Hitchcock 

Some departments report vast increases following introduction of new data-protection legislation

Collective of trusts and CCGs seeks programs across five core health areas