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South Lanarkshire Council confirms ‘Cash Out’ delivers immediate and wider access to crucial funds vs vouchers
Increasing numbers of local authorities are utilising the instant cash solutions from PayPoint to financially help families quickly, as the effects of lockdown bring further suffering. Government free school meals and Winter Hardship Fund vouchers provided to
Continue reading 90 local authorities and housing organisations turn to PayPoint for accessible financial support for struggling families
By Jane Warburton – MD Flamefast
With some schools closing, and despite varying levels of Lockdown in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, the spread of Covid-19 remains a real threat, especially in classrooms.
Jane Warburton MD of Flamefast
A report produced by Sage’s Environmental and Modelling Group (EMG) suggested that fresh air
Continue reading COVID – reducing risk in classrooms
UK public servants see biggest shift to remote working compared to European counterparts, and over half now want to continue working from home post Covid-19 A third (37%) of UK public servants say their IT hindered their ability to respond to the crisis 58% say that a remote delivery model can maintain or improve
Continue reading Exclusive Report: IT hinders UK public sector response to Pandemic, finds major pan-European study
The Prime Minister will tomorrow publish a Covid Winter Plan, setting out the next phase of the government’s Covid response.
On Monday, he will confirm national restrictions will end on 2 December and set out how England will move back into a three-tiered, regional set of restrictions.
Whilst some local measures will be similar to
Continue reading PM to confirm national restrictions will end on 2 December
Electronic proximity detectors
As part of their COVID-safe production plan, ITV Studios is issuing all the crew of its hit TV show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! with electronic tags to ensure they keep a safe distance apart during this series.
The show is being set in Gwrych Castle, North Wales
Continue reading Clearview Intelligence social distancing solution helps keep ITV Studios’ I’m a Celebrity on the air
CMO, Dr Frank Atherton
The Chief Medical Officer for Wales has welcomed the news that a Covid-19 vaccine could be ready this year but has warned “that these are very early days”.
Dr Frank Atherton said it could be towards the end next year before a vaccine was rolled out fully to all the
Continue reading Wales Chief Medical Officer welcomes encouraging vaccine news but urges us all to continue to ‘stay safe’
Steve Swinden, Flamefast CEO, with CO2 monitor
Reporter: Stacy Clarke
A report by Government scientists suggested that coronavirus could be checked using CO2 monitors.
As pupils and teachers return to classrooms after half term, major concern is currently being expressed throughout the UK for their health and safety and the threat of airborne transmission
Continue reading Carbon dioxide monitors could warn of unsafe Covid transmission indoors, scientists say
Influential digital health leader joins growing not-for-profit consultancy committed to ‘making a difference to and for the NHS’
Andy Kinnear
Andy Kinnear is to join Ethical Healthcare Consulting, a growing community interest company that is proud to be the only not-for-profit digital health consultancy in the UK.
The former chair of BCS
Continue reading Andy Kinnear joins Ethical Healthcare Consulting
Responding to the news that Wales will go into a national lockdown from Friday 23 October to Monday 9 November, Plaid Cymru Leader Adam Price MS told GPSJ: “A fire break is a last resort and should only be used in an emergency. We are now in an emergency.
“The time the fire break buys
Continue reading Time for nation to come together says Plaid Leader Adam Price as Wales to go into ‘firebreak’ lockdown from Friday “Use the time to build a resilient test and trace system”
Christian Jacob, Managing Director, Qualco UK
With millions outstanding in tax revenues and unpaid debts, local authorities and central government agencies are evaluating how they recoup their losses.
Around six million people across the UK have found themselves with bills they cannot pay as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This figure, from Citizens
Continue reading Can the public sector improve collections, post Covid? Asks Christian Jacob, Managing Director, Qualco UK
By Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds
Sascha Giese, Head Geek™, SolarWinds
As the second half of the year gets well underway, and lockdown restrictions generally continue to ease, one of the main topics of concern is a “second wave” of COVID-19 potentially hitting the U.K. in the coming weeks or months. With some scientists
Continue reading Weathering the Storm: Prepare Your IT to Ride the “Second Wave”
The rapid deployment of healthcare technology has been one of the most commented features of the NHS’ response to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet a significant minority of patients cannot benefit from new, digital services; and risk being overlooked in the rush to go ‘digital first’ in a post-Covid reset. So what can be done to
Continue reading Getting digital inclusion onto the health and care agenda
Stephen Stead
By Stephen Stead, director of strategy and digital services at SSE Enterprise’s distributed energy business
COUNCIL officials have shown incredible leadership during the coronavirus pandemic – from supporting vulnerable citizens through to maintaining essential services, local authority workers have been at the forefront, ensuring the wheels of local government keep turning.
Now,
Continue reading Why the Covid backlog mustn’t slow down councils’ response to the climate emergency
Covid-19 has accelerated the NHS technology agenda – including a sharp rise in video consultations. But we now need to learn from this to realise a bigger opportunity to create sustainable and intelligent digital patient pathways based on evidence, writes Alan Lowe, chief executive at Visionable
Alan Lowe, chief executive at Visionable
Continue reading Fast and furious tech adoption could break NHS services
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