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Thank God they care and we must care for them |
The Chief Nursing Officer for England marked Young Carers Awareness Day, which recognises more than 700,000 young people in the UK who provide care & support to family & friends. As part of the Commitment to Carers NHS England has worked with young carers to make sure that their voices are directing the actions taken to promote awareness and help them make improvements across the NHS. |
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Young Carers - Thank you for today £4.1m Lottery funds to reduce isolation across Scotland NSPCC to encourage children and teenagers to share their care experiences Help For Young Carers - carersuk.org Young Carers Services - getconnected.org.uk Young carers' rights - Care & support - NHS Choices Help & Support For Young Carers | The Children's Society |
Charities cannot ‘outsource’ their governance responsibilities |
The Public Administration & Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) finds it is the failure of Trustees to fulfil their responsibilities which lies behind the causes of last summer’s charity fundraising scandals. |
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PC&PE: Trustees of charities must fulfil their responsibilities Charity Commission: Sarah Atkinson speech, Westminster Policy Forum Charity should not begin with ‘mugging’ the elderly & frail Government tells lobbying charities to ‘Put a sock in it’ ICO: Outsourcing a task does not mean an end to an organisation's legal responsibility |
SME Supplier Locator update... |
UK Government and public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase and by 2020, it is the stated intent of Cabinet Office that £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts goes to SME’s. The past 5 years have seen government make a priority of getting money through its supply chain into the hands of SMEs, by both setting targets and introducing new procurement mechanisms. Against this backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers. |
Diseases in remote land WILL spread |
Deaths from Malaria could be nearly eliminated in the next 15 years thanks in part to a landmark £3bn funding commitment announced by the Chancellor and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
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HMT: £3bn pledge to help end Malaria deaths DIFD: The Ross Fund - Combatting the world's most serious diseases Medical Research + Aid + ‘Political Will’ can work wonders PC&PE: ‘Ebola exposed weaknesses in UK's response to disease emergencies’ |
Is that journey really necessary? |
PHE and the National Travel Health Network & Centre are advising pregnant women to consider delaying travel to countries with ongoing Zika virus outbreaks. |
Stay healthy over New Year |
Travellers should be aware of the risk of avian flu when travelling to China for Chinese New Year. Although the risk to UK residents travelling to the affected areas remains very low, anyone planning to visit China, Hong Kong SAR or Taiwan should minimise their exposure to birds. PHE and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) also strongly recommend you see your GP, pharmacist or travel health clinic to check you are in date with any recommended vaccinations, receive appropriate malaria advice and discuss any other potential risks. |
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DH: Avian flu advice for travellers going to China Avian influenza officially confirmed Avian flu confirmed in Lancashire Welsh poultry owners urged to be vigilant to avian influenza |
Whether 1 person or 6m, we must honour their memory |
A consultation has been launched to seek views from those who may have been affected by an incident of overseas terror. This follows an announcement in 2015 that the Government will create a new national memorial to remember British citizens who have lost their lives in acts of terrorism overseas. |
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FCO: Views sought on new memorial for victims of terror - (closes on 4 March 2016) FCO: Sir Eric Pickles marks Holocaust Memorial Day ScotGov: Lessons from Auschwitz Project Wales Office: “It is our duty to ensure the memory of the Holocaust never fades” PC&PE: Holocaust education: more teachers should be trained report finds |
Pity she couldn’t backdate the ‘1% of annual turnover’ fine now in force |
Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices & systems after finding it had seriously breached a legally-binding Groceries Supply Code of Practice to protect groceries suppliers. She found that the retailer had acted unreasonably when delaying payments to suppliers, often for lengthy periods of time. |
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Groceries Code Adjudicator: Tesco breached Code |
Your reputation can be stolen or leaked away |
Companies that fail to keep personal data safe risk long-lasting reputational damage that can impact on the future success of the business, according to the Information Commissioner. ICO fines of up to £500,000 for breaching the DP Act are a powerful deterrent, but the negative impact created by media coverage of a penalty can have a greater impact than the fine itself. His comments are backed up by a YouGov poll which shows that nearly 80% of people would think twice about giving their custom to an online company that had made headlines for failing to stop a data security breach. To help them preserve their ‘reputations’, the ICO has launched a self-assessment tool that will ‘help SMEs to assess their compliance with the DP Act’. The toolkit provides handy links to relevant guidance & further information, and will generate a rating based on responses. |
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ICO: Your reputation is at risk if you don’t keep data safe, ICO warns ICO launches new data protection self-assessment tool for SMEs 10 years of DP Day – 10 years of ICO annual reports ICO: ‘Room for improvement in sales & lettings agents’ data handling’ Less haste, more care, fewer fines Top IT data security threats revealed & what organisations must do to stop them NHS must care for patients AND their confidential medical records Information Commissioner repeats call for stronger sentences for data thieves ICO fines Telegraph Media Group for election day email campaign ICO issues fines totalling £170,000 to cold call blocking companies ICO fines nationwide money lender The Money Shop £180,000 ICO launches investigation into firms sharing sensitive data ICO fines insurance firm after hacked card details used for fraud |
Syria is only one of the countries where Unicef needs funds |
The latest figures on the Syria crisis, included in Unicef’s Humanitarian Action for Children report, show that over 4.3m Syrians have now fled the country, equivalent to almost 20% of the country’s population. More than 13.5m people, including 6m children, who have remained inside Syria, are now in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. These staggering figures are equivalent to the entire population of Greater London & Manchester being forced to flee the UK. |
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Unicef appeals for £806m for Syria crisis response: alarming figures highlight extent of humanitarian crisis – (Unicef launches £1.96bn humanitarian appeal for children |
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Electoral Commission to open registration for EU Referendum campaigners CBI President on EU reform and the referendum ScotGov: EU ‘crucial’ for Scottish farming Migration Watch UK: British exit from the EU could reduce net migration by 100,000 PC&PE: Reasoned Opinion on European Parliament electoral reform recommended by Committee Wales Office: Wales & Europe in an uncertain world’ Fair Taxation: EC presents new measures against corporate tax avoidance |
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ScotGov: Options to thwart UK TU bill considered WAG: “Vote down flawed, damaging & divisive Bill” urges Minister Let's concentrate on delivery not powers, says Wales Office Minister |