Lanarkshire trials video GP consultations
Patients in Scotland given option of virtual appointments via PC or mobile device
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Emergency Services Network completion pushed back to December 2024
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GDS puts up £100k-a-head bounty for duo of deputy directors
Organisation wants senior execs for delivery and product
Most hospitals still reliant on hundreds of pagers
Report finds 93% of increasingly outdated devices still active in the UK are owned by hospitals
Accessibility for all
Nick Bauer of Gloucestershire County Council writes an account of the authority’s drive to make public transport more accessible for all travellers
Highways England looks to wearable tech to ‘monitor location and wellbeing’ of staff
Motorway workers set to be equipped with ‘discreet, robust, and lightweight’ piece of kit
British Library mulls creation of single digital presence for all UK libraries
British Library, the Carnegie UK Trust and Arts Council England to consider whether an "interactive and engaging platform" for all UK libraries is possible
DCMS launches wide-ranging audit of UK's digital specialists
Recently-rebadged digital department asks businesses: where are your digital skills gaps?
£110k up for grabs as Home Office seeks leader in disaggregation drive
Department says new Technology Platforms for Tomorrow chief will have “huge impact across the culture of the Home Office”
Sadiq Khan appoints Camden councillor as London’s first chief digital officer
Theo Blackwell joins Greater London Authority with 20 years’ experience working in technology
Kew Gardens wants IT leader for ‘transformational improvements to technology services’
World-famous botanic gardens offering £70,000 for new head of IT infrastructure
HMRC admits thousands hit by technical issues on free childcare website
Chief executive Jon Thompson says government will still deliver free childcare to 200,000 households by end of August
Three things UK cities can do right now to become smarter
Melanie Pittham of digital transformation specialists The BIO Agency outlines the key considerations in transforming cities for the benefit of citizens
Civil service seeks ‘leaders of the future’ with four-year scheme for aspiring digital professionals
The DDaT Fast Stream scheme will involve placements in up to six government departments
Wanted: £95k leader for mysterious pan-government IT service ‘of national importance’
Role within Department for International Development will require highest-level security clearance and entails regular access to Top Secret information
SMEs still being shut out as half of Whitehall spend goes on mega-deals, report claims
Taxpayers’ Alliance claims that the UK’s procurement spending on €100m-plus contracts far exceeds that of the rest of the EU combined
‘I cannot buy a promise’ – strategy chief of UK’s fastest-growing city on the challenges facing smart cities
After concluding a three-year programme, Milton Keynes is working out how best to proceed with smart-city technology
DVLA chief Oliver Morley on the agency’s vision for a digital future
The CEO of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency talks to our sister site Civil Service World about the move towards digital services and the potential impact of pay restraint
Home Office puts up £75k salaries for new cloud and end-user-computing leaders
Two senior technology posts on offer at central government department
Cabinet Office launches £4m project to drive use of software robots across civil service
Supplier Capgemini to train civil servants and help departments develop RPA applications
GDS: ‘We need a step change in public procurement’
Government Digital Service takes part in OECD initiative to create strategic plan to reform procurement to make it more open and flexible
Home Office plots £5m project to equip police with facial-recognition software
Department issues contract notice for biometric software
The National Archives commits to apprenticeships as part of plan to ramp up digital headcount
Organisation is only public body working with Ada National College for Digital Skills as it plans to increase number of digital employees by 50%