WIREDGOV NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Team of British women to take part in international cyber event in Japan

MHCLG launch Cyber Assessment Framework for Local Government

Search begins for next generation of cyber security talent

Technology Working Group publishes report on artificial intelligence

New data protection audit framework launched to help organisations improve compliance

Building our capabilities: Ofcom's first in-house online trial

Self Assessment: online help is just a click or a swipe away

First UK-US online safety agreement pledges closer co-operation to keep children safe online

10,000 boost State Pension with online payments
 

UKAuthority: AI & Data4Good
16-18 October, Live at 11:00 each morning for 90 minutes of shared learning

Is our data AI-ready? Evolving AI and ML promise exciting opportunities to analyse, predict and radically transform both public services and the way in which they are delivered across the health and public sector. But first our data must be fit for purpose as a platform for AI and innovation.

Speakers:

  • Craig Suckling, Government Chief Data Officer, Central Digital & Data Office
  • Tom Smith, Director of Spatial Data Unit and Chief Data Officer, Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
  • Sue Bateman, Chief Data Officer, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  • Dr. Laura Gilbert CBE, Chief Analyst and Director of Data Science, 10 Downing Street
  • Helena Zaum, Chief Commercial Officer, Sentinel Partners
  • John Bowers, Families Programme Data and Information Manager, Liverpool City Council
  • Martine Wauben, Head of Data for London, Greater London Authority
  • Lisa Allen, Director of Data Services, The Pensions Regulator
  • Matt Wicks, Co-CEO for technology and innovation, The Virtual Forge
  • Nick Chapallaz, Managing Director, GeoPlace
  • Louise Maynard-Atem, Deputy Director, Data & Insights, Government Digital Service
  • Major George McCrea, Military Liaison, Defence Digital Foundry, UK Ministry of Defence
  • Dr. Shruti Kohli, Head of Data Science, Innovation and AI, Department for Work and Pensions

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

NHS rolls out free eyesight, hearing and dental checks for children at residential special schools

New NHS programme to reduce brain injury in childbirth trialled

Certificates recognising heartbreak of losing a baby extended

New government tech deals boost the business of cancer detection

NHS Pay

NHS Confederation - Record demand in A&Es a concern ahead of annual winter spike in patients

NHS Confederation - Government drive to move the NHS to a neighbourhood health service must involve local communities

NHS Confederation - Now is the time to make care closer to home a reality

NHS Confederation - Investing more in prevention could deliver £11 billion return on investment

NIO minister pledges UK Government to support Health and Social Care Reform

‘Employers have a responsibility to support the mental health of those who work for them,’ says Minister

New Momentum accelerator to boost existing health innovations

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

CBI responds to CCUS funding announcement

Humanitarian Emergency Fund: annual report 2023-2024

First Minister confirms awards from Marine Fund Scotland

Orkney ferry funding

Next round of £5 million Brilliant Basics fund launched

Let CCS help you access the Public Sector Decarbonisation funding scheme for your capital projects

LGA - Extend vital regeneration fund by a year to boost local growth and avoid cliff edge, councils urge

LGA - Over 600 child protection investigations carried out by councils every day – LGA calls for ‘emergency funding’ in Budget

Making a bigger impact in communities in the years ahead, says The National Lottery Community Fund

More than £14 million in joint government and industry funding to boost innovation and working conditions in freight
 
Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

Six more arrests over £40m cocaine haul

Save the hassle, lease your property

TUC: P&O sackings “one of biggest scandals in modern day industrial relations”

New chair of water industry regulator to be appointed

CBI responds to launch of new Regulatory Innovation Office

Commemorating victims of 7 October attacks

Lasting Israel–Palestine peace will not be possible without a new policy to neutralize the Iranian threat

CPS authorises charges for company owner following deaths of four paddleboarders in Haverfordwest

FCA begins criminal proceedings against two individuals for insider dealing

Royal Flying Corps and Successors: World War One Gallantry Award Medal Index Cards Released

Update on investigation into complaints made by Andrew Malkinson
 
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CTSI

CTSI represents trading standards professionals working in the UK and overseas - in local authorities, business and consumer sectors and central government.

 

The Cost of Beauty
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has launched a new campaign to warn consumers about the potential dangers of using certain illegal and unsafe cosmetic products.


What's the real cost of buying online?
New CTSI report released to spotlight issues with third-party sellers on online marketplaces and what needs to be done to tighten up the UK supply chain.


The Approved Code Scheme
Run by CTSI and backed by government, the Approved Code Scheme helps consumers find reliable companies, who have all signed-up to strict Codes of Practice - while helping to raise business standards across our sectors.


‘Absolute chaos’ in food security
CTSI's latest release explores how the next government must prioritise the resourcing of Trading Standards to avoid a major threat to food safety.


2 in every 3 drinks are short-measures
Sobering new research conducted by Trading Standards Officers around the UK finds that more than two thirds of beer and wine served in pubs and bars are short-measures. Read our report here.