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By Tamara Leslie, Medical Student at New Anglia University, Anguilla
The NHS is amid a long-anticipated workforce crisis, and few areas are feeling the strain more acutely than general practice. A shortfall of over 4,200 GPs in England is just the start. Despite ministerial pledges and long-term workforce plans, the supply of newly qualified
Continue reading Worlds Apart. Could Rethinking Medical Education Help Solve the UK’s GP Shortage?
Richard LaTulip, a Field Chief Information Security Officer at Recorded Future.
Richard LaTulip
The UK’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill represents a significant shift in how the nation approaches ransomware and wider cyber threats, with lasting implications for the public sector. As the government aims to tighten rules around ransomware reporting and payments,
Continue reading Strengthening public sector ransomware resilience against the growing threat of phishing
Wayne Campbell
By Wayne Campbell, Head of Presales, Access PaySuite.As inflation, interest rates and the cost of living continue to test the resilience of UK households, the public sector faces a dual imperative: safeguarding its own financial stability while ensuring that the most vulnerable communities aren’t left behind.Although the annual inflation rate has eased
Continue reading FLEXIBLE PAYMENTS: WHY THE PUBLIC SECTOR MUST STEP UP FOR FINANCIALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES
By Clive Feeney – Group CEO, LHC Procurement Group
There’s not a council in the country today that’s free from significant financial stress. The LGA says that one in 10 councils has already discussed receiving emergency support from the government. Many more are struggling to secure sufficient financial resources to meet their budgetary obligations,
Continue reading FIVE WAYS that frameworks help public sector budgets go further
By: Matt Croucher, Chief Commercial Officer at electric vehicle (EV) charge point operator (CPO), Believ, discusses how transport planning professionals can play their part in driving forward EV charging infrastructure rollout, and what the next few years will bring.
Matt Croucher
Tell us a bit about your career, and what brought you to EV
Continue reading How transport planning professionals can play their part in driving forward EV charging infrastructure rollout
Millions more Brits arriving in the Algarve are set to benefit from eGates ahead of the summer holidays. The change was confirmed by the Portuguese authorities.
Nick Thomas-Symonds, Minister for EU Relations, told GPSJ:
“This is great news for sun-seeking Brits heading on holiday to the Algarve this summer. And that is on top of the
Continue reading MILLIONS MORE BRITS TO BE ABLE TO USE E-GATES IN TIME FOR SUMMER HOLIDAYS
By Andy Smith
We all want travel to be secure, safe, and easy. But as traveler numbers surge to record highs and governments aim to unlock tourism’s full economic power, border agencies face a critical challenge: how do you handle rising demand without compromising security?
This week, European and global leaders in border security,
Continue reading Clearing Border Bottlenecks with Smarter, Faster Digital Solutions for Travel
FourNet’s IntellAIgent uses Agentic AI to transform front and back-office customer service operations in seconds, with personalised, complex, context-aware automations
Digital transformation and customer experience specialists, FourNet, today announced the launch of FourNet IntellAIgent, an Agentic AI platform, designed to enable businesses to streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and accelerate AI-driven transformation.
FourNet IntellAIgent is an innovative, artificial
Continue reading FourNet unveils AI-powered contact centre ‘Agent’ that can think, act and learn
Focusing on delivering great user experiences and driving operational evolution
Appointing Anna Jackson as its new Chief Operating Officer, training and compliance expert, TTC Group, has reconfirmed its focus on delivering the best possible experiences to employees, customers and prospective customers. With a proven track record of driving operational excellence, Anna is perfectly placed
Continue reading Anna Jackson joins TTC Group as Chief Operating Officer
By Euan Durston, Regional Director and Passivhaus Designer at ECD Architects
Euan Durston
The UK government’s commitment to improving energy efficiency in social housing has taken a significant step forward with the recent announcement of substantial financial support through the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and The Housing Finance Corporation (THFC). This initiative, which provides
Continue reading Three Key Pillars for Effective Social Housing Upgrades: Government-backed Retrofit Loans Create New Opportunities
By Erik Nicolai, CEO, Workspace 365
Imagine starting your workday in the public sector: battling through a maze of outdated systems, juggling incompatible platforms, and spending far too much time navigating digital tools. From document management to HR systems, procurement tools to internal comms, digital sprawl is the invisible time-thief, and it costs more
Continue reading Public Sector Digital Workplace: Complexity costs and the case for simplification
Forbes Solicitors has announced that partner Chris Booth will lead its newly formed Public Sector division, as the firm completes a restructure to fulfil its ambition of being the number one regional law firm with a national reach.
Chris, who has been part of the Forbes family since 2002, steps up from his previous
Continue reading Forbes Solicitors Announces Leadership of New Public Sector Division
Professor Glenda Cook, Director of the Better Living in Later Life Research Group at Northumbria University and spokesperson for Stiltz Homelifts, issues a stark warning:
“Ignoring the housing needs of our ageing population is no longer an option. Change is not only overdue—it is critical.”
Britain faces a demographic time bomb that demands immediate
Continue reading The Ageing Population Crisis: Why Housing Reform Cannot Wait
Finbogo, a ground-breaking digital platform designed to streamline public access to private healthcare practitioners, has secured significant investment to lead a new, digitally driven era within private healthcare.
While sectors such as property, retail, and hospitality have rapidly embraced digital transformation over the past twenty years, making services easily accessible to consumers, private healthcare
Continue reading Finbogo Secures Major Investment to Digitally Transform UK’s Private Healthcare Sector
Ex-MoD Senior Civil Servant, Rebecca Alderson joins mission-critical technology company, Quantum Trilogy to strengthen company’s portfolio strategy Appointment comes following her successful oversight of the £2Bn IT portfolio at UK’s Ministry of Defence
Quantum Trilogy, a technology company providing mission-critical, agile solutions to urgent government needs, is delighted to announce the appointment of
Continue reading DIGITAL DEFENCE LEADER, REBECCA ALDERSON NAMED AS QUANTUM TRILOGY’S NEW CHIEF PORTFOLIO OFFICER
By Owen Hodge, Product Manager at Headforwards
Owen Hodge
As the impact of recent Government and economic decisions have put local councils under more pressure than ever before, councils are turning to digital technology to build efficiencies that can improve their financial position to be able to maximise provision for their communities.
In fact,
Continue reading How a Single View of the Citizen can boost resident experience and the bottom line
A new technology partnership formally announced today, could help NHS, local government, and housing organisations collaborate to create an unprecedented understanding of the risks and needs of people in their care. Resulting intelligence could enable co-ordinated decisions that help to ease demand on recovering NHS services, prevent avoidable harm and A&E visits, and target
Continue reading NHS, councils, and housing could share new risk insights to cut hospital demand through C2-Ai and Netcall partnership
Matrix’s Social Value team has made a significant impact in communities across the UK, supporting over 10,000 individuals between March 2024 and April 2025 on their journey to employment. Through a range of initiatives, including employability workshops, career support and volunteering days, Matrix has helped students, job seekers and local authority employees unlock new
Continue reading Matrix Delivers Career Support and Skills to 10,000+ People Nationwide in 2024/25
by Gareth Jelley, Product Security Manager, edtech charity, LGfL – The National Grid for Learning
Figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO, 2024) reveal a steep increase in cyber-incidents within the education and childcare sector, with 354 cases reported in 2023, a significant rise from 224 the previous year. Government data also indicates that
Continue reading Proactive measures to strengthen cybersecurity in schools
The professional body representing environmental health professionals has shared its disappointment at reports that wood-burning stoves are set to be allowed to heat new-build homes in England.
A letter from the Government to the Stove Industry Association (SIA), as reported by the Guardian, states that the Government do not intend to ban wood-burning stoves
Continue reading CIEH shares disappointment at reported government decision on wood-burning stoves
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