NHS launches new service that hopes to make parents’ Red Book digital This article is sponsored by:
NHS Digital is working with IT suppliers to make child health information more easily accessible and further progress plans for a digital red book.
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HMRC goes on digital hiring spree - roles include AI and cloud This article is sponsored by:
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has listed a number of jobs that cover a broad range of technology roles, including AI and cloud services.
NHS launches digital “shop window” for care home vacancies This article is sponsored by:
The Capacity Tracker tool aims to provide health and social care staff insight into the availability of care home vacancies, hopefully saving time and space.
Algorithmic Accountability Act targets bias in AI decision-making This article is sponsored by:
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill to require companies to monitor and fix flawed computer algorithms that result in inaccurate, unfair, biased or discriminatory decisions. It may not pass in today’s gridlocked political environment but it will be back.
No, Democrats can’t Save the Internet? This article is sponsored by:
The Save the Internet Act passes in the House of Representatives but faces near-certain death in the Senate, leaving net neutrality advocates still out in the cold.
Technology in Education - The Welsh IT-powered Superschool This article is sponsored by:
‘The benefits of technology speak for themselves – giving teachers back time and enabling more engaging and inclusive lessons,’ says a Neath school that has been using in-class tablets and other IT since its 2016 opening
Staffordshire County Council wants to make work “an activity and not a location” This article is sponsored by:
How universal docking is allowing all 4,000 members of Staffordshire County Council’s workforce to work in new ways
NHSX appoints Matthew Gould as CEO - spend controls to be introduced? This article is sponsored by:
NHSX is the new central digital unit for the National Health Service (NHS) and aims to mandate standards from the centre.
Government urges all education providers to move to the cloud - announces ‘Education Technology Strategy’ This article is sponsored by:
The Department for Education has produced a number of guides aimed at helping education providers improve their use of technology.
The British Heart Foundation’s cloud journey - A digital future to help beat ‘heartbreak’ This article is sponsored by:
The British Heart Foundation aims to raise half a billion pounds to fight circulatory diseases by 2020 - and says moving to cloud will be a big factor in getting there
Cabinet Office needs better ‘make or buy’ procurement guidance This article is sponsored by:
Think Tank Reform has issued a number of recommendations for Whitehall to improve its outsourcing and procurement practices, including better guidance on ‘make or buy’ decisions.
Health Minister on digital - ‘I want to gut the internal wiring of the NHS’ This article is sponsored by:
Nicola Blackwood gave a speech this week on the government’s digital strategy for the NHS, where she said we need to “move on” from the National Programme for IT.
Head of Civil Service explains why diversity and inclusion is a national security issue This article is sponsored by:
Sir Mark Sedwill and the Cabinet Office have published a guide on why diversity and inclusion is a matter of national security and what organisations can do to help.
