Government testing identifies accessibility issues on 99% of public sector websites
CDDO monitoring found that vast majority of sites did not wholly comply with regulations
Sturgeon reported to statistics authority over ‘twisted’ use of ONS Covid data
Objection follows similar complaint about deputy John Swinney
Consultants still comprise one in four Test and Trace workers
Efforts to reduce reliance on external providers have had an impact
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Policymakers must start asking difficult questions on the ethics of AI in healthcare
Government needs to begin working with citizens and industry to address the risks created by the use of new technology, according to Jessica Morley and Luciano Floridi of the Oxford Internet Institute
Order for NHS to share confidential patient data extended to March 2021
All parts of the NHS instructed to share information as required to support coronavirus response
Lifesaving data – how NHS Digital has worked with researchers to support coronavirus response
Research director Tom Denwood explains how the national digital services agency has helped use information to better understand issues including effective treatments for Covid-19 and the impact on patients suffering from other conditions
Hancock pledges to ‘innovate our way out of this crisis’ as government puts £500m into rapid tests
Trials of ‘next-generation technology’ could support the rollout of a mass testing programme
Government puts £50m into using AI for disease diagnosis
Money will fund expansion of work at three centres
Bidding opens on £800m NHS Digital framework
Procurement vehicle will appoint a small selection of suppliers to support development of services
Electronic prescriptions cannot be used for methadone, NHS decides
‘Significant technological development’ must be made before opioid common in addiction treatment can be prescribed
ONS to ramp up coronavirus data-gathering
Government announces expansion of fortnightly survey
What does the Huawei ban mean for the Emergency Services Network?
The Home Office tells PublicTechnology work is on track and security risks are ‘minimal’. But onlookers remain concerned about the implications of the presence of Huawei technology in the new network for police, fire and ambulance services.
Hancock vows to ‘double down on huge advances’ made in NHS use of tech during coronavirus crisis
Health secretary says recent events have shown both patients and medical staff ‘want to use technology’
Public testing begins on new NHS contact-tracing app
Software based on Apple and Google systems made available to Isle of Wight residents, with those in Newham to follow shortly
PM insists Test and Trace system ‘world-beating’
Labour supports possible creation of local schemes
Government seeks new healthcare data guardian
Role advertised to oversee NHS use of data
Widespread Whitehall homeworking to continue
Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited
Government defends Test and Trace as councils look to own measures
Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme
Inside DWP’s digital coronavirus response – APIs, reuse and micro-services
In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology
Government agrees to provide councils with daily individual testing data
Move comes after calls from local authorities
Russian ambassador says there is ‘no sense’ in vaccine cyberattack allegations
But foreign secretary Raab claims UK is ‘absolutely confident’ in attribution and was right to make public pronouncement
Videoconferencing can benefit the NHS and patients long after coronavirus
The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term
Public sector cyber procurement quadruples in five years
PublicTechnology research shows a big spike in the number of contracts awarded to IT security specialists by public-sector buyers
Hancock to launch review of ‘misleading’ coronavirus death data, according to reports
Analysis posits that deaths may have been incorrectly attributed to Covid-19