WIREDGOV NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

UK signs first international treaty addressing risks of artificial intelligence

Demystifying Digital Interoperability in Policing

Campaign launches to discover the nation’s digital skills

From awareness to action: tackling the UK's digital skills deficit

Navigating Civil Service online tests: what you need to know

 
Get Involved: CSSC Active Wellbeing Autumn (AWA)

CSSC Active Wellbeing Autumn (AWA)

AWA is a physical activity workplace initiative for the public sector and civil service with the main objective to get more people more active and looking after their wellbeing in and outside of the workplace. CSSC is back this Autumn with a brand-new team challenge, run, walk, cycle or swim your way from London to Paris and keep active this September.
 
Share your passions and get involved.  Each week in September CSSC will dive into a new activity sharing events, prizes, funding and access to our communities to give you a new way to get active this Autumn.

Discover more information on the challenge and Register account before 20th September

 
Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

NDG and NHS England issue joint statement about NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit

Blood pressure checks at the dentist and optician to catch those at risk of heart attacks and strokes

Annual General Meeting 2023/24

National Shortlist of Exceptional NHS Staff Announced

Adults with Von Hippel-Lindau disease to benefit from new treatment

Landmark moment as NHS kicks off first ever RSV jab rollout

First ever drug approved for NHS patients with life-threatening genetic, tumour-causing disease

Prevention: the 'golden thread' in a national homelessness strategy

NHS Confederation - Latest figures show general practice is delivering 'more for less'

Gender identity healthcare

Hero sailors rewarded for championing mental health and saving lives at sea

RoSPA - The changing world of work: Managing health and safety in hybrid and homeworking

 
Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Ministers tell business leaders they will be involved "every step of the way" in Make Work Pay plans

Developing Scotland's Economy: Increasing The Role Of Inclusive And Democratic Business Models

CBI launches Business Rates report

LGA statement on Household Support Fund extension

Cabinet Secretary announces funding for 16 new Coetiroedd Bach

Defence Secretary welcomes Ukrainian counterpart to UK and confirms £1bn milestone in UK-administered fund

Minister for Africa pledges funding to accelerate growth in Africa agriculture sector

STFC funds projects to improve understanding of climate change

The King's Fund - GP contract 2024/25 explained: funding, incentives and the workforce

Ground-breaking cancer and Parkinson's research team given 5 year funding boost

The King's Fund - Primary care networks (PCNs) explained

 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Only 7% of teachers think GCSEs are suitable for every pupil

Home Office will not use RAF Scampton for asylum accommodation

Shouting Whisper’s Paralympic success

Oversight of ARs improving but more to do, says FCA

Welsh champions' bike manufacturing firm on track for expansion

Conviction involving EU driving license quashed by Northern Ireland Court

Updated with sentence: Man involved in smuggling people into the UK in the back of a van jailed

Scottish Ministerial Code to be strengthened

Biodiversity net gain

Establishing a Shadow Great British Railways

CBI Scotland responds to Programme for Government 2024/25

 
SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious 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.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

Click here to find out more.

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