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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Digital tech to drive health and social care innovation

Welsh language better prepared for artificial intelligence developments, thanks to Welsh Government investment

International investigation disrupts the world’s most harmful cyber crime group

Women are applying for Computing degrees in record numbers and slowly narrowing the diversity gap, new data shows

techUK and National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) Memorandum of Understanding | Digital Data and Technology Portfolio

300,000 farm records going online, thanks to grant from Lund Trust

Australia and the United Kingdom join forces to advance online safety and security

Protecting people from hate and terrorism under the online safety regime

One million premises upgraded to gigabit broadband by government
 
Webinar: How local authorities can achieve millions in efficiency savings from location data

FINAL CALL! Webinar: 11am-12pm 27 February 2024

Local authorities are widely aware of the value of data, and a growing number are now obtaining benefits from the intelligent integration of datasets that they already hold.

Address and street data is a crucial element and councils such asNottingham City Councilhave been showing how to use it for impressive returns in improving services and efficiency savings.

Working withGeoPlaceandConsultingWhere,the authority has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of its use of location data between 2018-22, showing that it generated an estimatedreturn on investment (RoI) of well over 4:1 and a net present value (NPV) of £4.1 million.

Come along to this webinar to hear from Nottingham City Council, GeoPlace and ConsultingWhere on where the efficiency savings were made and Nottingham’s plans to build on this for the future.Reserve your place

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

Up to 14,000 people could benefit from the first treatment for severe alopecia recommended by NICE

International evidence suggests tackling the underlying causes of early year's poverty is key to improve short and long-term health outcomes

NHS campaign to help patients get treatment from their pharmacy

Working with National Voices and the Point of Care Foundation on Regulators’ Pioneer Fund project

NHS to roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’

Funding for game-changing tech which could destroy cancers and predict disease

Baby loss certificate launched to recognise parents’ grief

NHS rolls out ‘wearable’ 24-hour infusion for advanced Parkinson’s

Thousands with cancer-causing condition offered life-saving NHS bowel cancer screening

NHS Confederation - New project to ‘unlock prevention’ within ICSs

NHS Confederation responds to GMC apology for historic sanctions

NHS Confederation - Exceptional winter pressures hamper monumental efforts of NHS staff

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

More than 900 workers sitting comfortably following Welsh Government support for business growth

Parliament must vote on Pacific trade deal before the UK joins, Committee says

LGA - Suicide prevention funding end could have ‘life or death consequences’

Project Gigabit update announces funding for Future Telecoms commercialisation

IFS - Scottish Government boosts support for students’ living costs, but further cuts funding for universities to teach them

Government to help more black cab drivers go green with further funding support

More than £8 million worth of loan funding will help revitalise town and city centres across Wales

40 projects to benefit from £25 million funding for natural flood management

China’s ‘renminbi trap’: The economy needs a weaker currency, but Beijing is unable to act

DWP unveils plans for £1.4 trillion in pension assets to deliver for savers and economy

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

Northamptonshire Police has made improvements, but further changes needed

Bidders shortlisted in the process to find the next operator of the Elizabeth line

Severn Trent Water fined £2 million for ‘reckless’ pollution

Government launches crackdown on mobile phones in schools

Simon Baugh's speech to the OECD

Foreign Secretary's meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister, February 2024

Her Majesty presents The Queen’s Anniversary Prizes

Welsh Government helping to make children veg chomp-ions

G Cloud-14 Framework Publication

APCC comments on results from annual operation to tackle drink and drug driving

APM hosts its first ever event in the United Arab Emirates

Serious Fraud Office raids three properties and makes four arrests in new £140m property fraud investigation

 
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:

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