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Scotland urged to close healthcare ‘data gap’
Study from non-profit SCDI identifies narrow opportunity to invest in innovation
DHSC buys 16,000 iPhones for Test and Trace scheme
Department spends £4m on deal with Jigsaw24
PM pledges to publish more data on vaccine rollout
Johnson claims government will provide more localised breakdowns
NHS trusts to implement £7.5m digital shift-planning tech
Government funds rollout across 38 trusts
NHS Digital spends £8m on four deals to support ‘Covid-19 rapid response’
Quartet of contracts awarded last month
Locked-down libraries may cause ‘connectivity crisis’ for elderly people
Data shows majority of facilities yet to reopen
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Wales clearing data backlog of thousands of Covid cases after IT system maintenance
Authorities insist delay in publishing data has not affected individuals receiving results
NAO finds Test and Trace outsourcing saw ‘substantial resources spent on staff providing minimal services’
Call-handlers were unoccupied half the time, auditors’ report found
Minister pledges to improve access to Covid testing ‘via non-digital routes’
Users are encouraged to use online platform, but DHSC insists other methods can be used
DHSC signs £2m six-month deal to improve ability to ‘respond to recover from a cyberattack’
Health department awards security design and architecture contract through G-Cloud framework
Government urged to bring in emergency legislation to combat vaccine disinformation
Shadow minister and campaign group call for new laws
How automation and data-sharing enabled DWP to transform the state pension service
After a digital and data revamp, more than half of claims are entirely self-service, product owner Vicky Coatesworth tells PublicTechnology
Union calls for private care homes to be subject to FOI laws
Unison Scotland urges change in legislation after ‘lethal failures over Covid’
Hancock and Dowden ask social networks to stem vaccine misinformation
Ministers met with platforms last month
AI scientists receive £20m research funding
Fifteen people have been named Turing fellows