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Phased return begins but numbers of civil servants returning to the office will be limited

Authority in Blackburn implements localised initiative to ‘complement’ national scheme

In the face of huge demand for its services, the DWP was able to call on a library of reusable tools, the department’s integration lead Jacqui Leggetter tells PublicTechnology

Move comes after calls from local authorities

But foreign secretary Raab claims UK is ‘absolutely confident’ in attribution and was right to make public pronouncement

The pandemic has provided a pressing use case for remote consultations but, according to Rowan Pritchard Jones of St Helens and Knowsley NHS trust, the technology has a lot to offer in the long term

PublicTechnology research shows a big spike in the number of contracts awarded to IT security specialists by public-sector buyers

Analysis posits that deaths may have been incorrectly attributed to Covid-19

Use of kits supplied by Randox has been paused ‘until further notice’

Report from NAO finds that programme may end up costing more than the systems it replaced

Technology entities to continue exploration of standards

The perimeter security programme is already protecting thousands of NHS services and wants to work with more trusts, according to Rosie Underwood

Fake online shops, malware, phishing emails and ransomware attacks on hospitals have been among the scams perpetrated by bad actors during the pandemic

Head of Test and Trace programme Baroness Harding says she does not want to specify a timeframe as projects often do not ‘run in a smooth way’

Andy Burnham says more detailed information needs to be provided with greater frequency

In the first two weeks tracers were successfully reaching more than nine in ten identified close contacts, but this has now fallen to less than three quarters

Holyrood committee is sharply critical of technology underpinning the prescription of medicines

The oldest claim awaiting decision was filed eight years ago and 10,000 more were added to the waiting list in the first three months of 2020 alone

Data shows declines in the proportion of both confirmed cases and their contacts being reached by tracers

Health secretary refuses to provide estimate for launch date of new technology

Consultation opened on addition of eighth principle for the health system’s use of data