DHSC signs £3.75m one-year deal to bring Test and Trace data platform in house
Information will be moved from BAE-developed platform to be managed by new public health agency
UK waits on admission to EU Digital Covid Certificate scheme
European official claims NHS pass could ‘soon’ be recognised Europe-wide
Civil service chief: ‘Technology is both an enabler and a taskmaster’
Cabinet secretary says that tech presents challenges as well as opportunities
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‘A country with world-class data analysis expertise should not have faced this crisis with virtually no data’
Parliamentary report on the lessons learned from the response to the coronavirus pandemic finds ‘major deficiencies in the machinery of government’
Coronavirus response: DHSC signs £1.8m deal with O2 for population-movement data
Network operator can provide information on the location of about one in three of the UK population
Welsh Covid pass green-lighted by one vote after member ‘unable to vote due to IT challenges’
Programme will be introduced after parliament approved motion by 28 votes to 27
Scottish vaccine status app: Sturgeon cites ‘NHS system error’
First minister fends off continued criticism from political rivals
NHS Digital takes over cancer patient database
Service gathering data on diseases and congenital anomalies has been moved over from the now-defunct Public Health England
Head of spending watchdog: ‘The need to act fast did not give licence to act fast and loose on procurement’
PAC chair says that MPs on the committee will continue to challenge government on its award of contracts
Scottish Government working on fix for Covid status app after industry bemoans ‘disastrous launch’
Football grounds among venues not to impose demand for status evidence as users report issues accessing their vaccination record
No plans to change GP funding in light of rise of remote consultations – minister
Healthtech minister says doctors should continue to offer in-person appointments
Court strikes down businesses’ challenge to ‘disproportionate’ Scottish vaccine status scheme
Party leaders clash over regime that comes into effect today
Scotland delays vaccine status enforcement to allow firms time to prepare
After obligation comes into force on Friday, businesses will have a grace period of more than two weeks to ensure compliance
Public health agency offers £110k for analytics and data science leader
Recently formed UK Health Security Agency seeks senior manager to lead use of ‘cutting-edge’ technology and methods
NHS app users top 16 million as uptake boosts organ donor registrations
Download spike also prompts rise in digital prescriptions and use of technology to book GP appointments
Scotland to accept vaccine status spot checks for large events
Football matches and other gatherings will not be asked to check every single visitor
Wales to require Covid passes for nightclubs and large events
Country becomes second devolved administration to diverge from Westminster policy
NHS Covid app: weekly contact alerts now level with number of positive cases as figure drops below 200,000
Manual contact-tracing is now bearing much of the burden of reaching those who may have been exposed to coronavirus
UK Health Security Agency seeks HR chief that can help deliver tech-powered transformation
New public body seeks chief people officer with experience of using data and digital to support reform
DHSC contract covers out-of-hours GOV.UK Covid updates
Urgent amendments will be supported by digital content specialist Scroll
Scotland to press on with plans for mandatory vaccine status for events and nightclubs
Citizens will be required to demonstrate status from start of next month
NHS trust AI pilot prompts 80% drop in admissions of vulnerable patients
South Warwickshire trust hails clinical AI ‘another set of eyes’
Home Office seeks deputy director for new emergency network
In-house role to manage suppliers to Emergency Services Network critical communications system
PM told that digital tools can prevent poor health
Policy leaders want to test health tech at scale to tackle health inequalities