Contact-tracing app launches today
Major networks announce that use of program will not be taken from data allowances
Tech firms won £18m contracts to help build NHS coronavirus dashboard
Contract data shows Mastek and InterWorks were tasked with building data resource
Shadow minister claims government ‘addicted’ to outsourcing
Rachel Reeves criticises amount of public money spent with private firms
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‘The stakes feel higher but, with good practice, it need not be scary’ – NHS.UK design lead on responding to coronavirus
The current crisis has placed an unexpected – and perhaps unwelcome – weight of responsibility on service designers. The NHS website’s lead designer Dean Vipond discusses how to cope with the fear and stay focused on users and outcomes
Drone flights trialled in government scheme to keep supply routes open
Flights of unmanned vehicles to take place between Isle of Wight and British mainland
Analysis: which departments are seeking digital outcomes?
The Digital Marketplace, and the frameworks it supports, are designed to help Whitehall procure in an agile way. But PublicTechnology finds the frequency and type of usage varies significantly across departments
Website to book coronavirus tests temporarily closes after ‘significant demand’
Site pauses applications after several hours
ONS to work with DHSC on coronavirus study of 20,000 households
Data compiled will be used to help track spread of Covid-19
DWP offers video sign language service for Universal Credit claimants
Relay service is available via browser or downloading app
Researchers to track coronavirus spread in ‘near real-time’
Academics from Edinburgh University are among those to receive funding to form part of the government’s ‘vaccine taskforce’
Justice secretary counsels against police shaming individuals online over lockdown breaches
Robert Buckland stresses that people might not have had 'the opportunity to explain their side of the story'
Birmingham launches free online counselling service for young people
Tool from specialist firm XenZone offers web-based counselling
NHS to offer trusts free online video tool for outpatient consultations
Organisations will also be offered £20,000 to support investment in hardware
Government project to gauge public opinion on use of health data
Dialogue undertaken by National Data Guardian will look at what uses citizens find acceptable
Major telecoms firms agree free calls, data and broadband upgrades for NHS staff
Fourteen companies agree to provide gratis services and updates
Coronavirus misinformation reaching one in two adults
Study from Ofcom sheds light on spread of falsehoods
Government to release app to track infections
Former MI5 head cites importance of controls and accountability
Coronavirus: can we keep track of our sensitive data?
The current crisis has prompted an openness to sharing information and a willingness to forego some of the usual restrictions on doing so – even with commercial entities. PublicTechnology examines the current climate, including two major public-private collaborations, and what it means for personal data, now and in the future
‘Deadly disinformation’ – MPs claim Chinese obfuscation of data has cost lives
Foreign Affairs Committee accuses regime of obscuring information and misleading claims following coronavirus outbreak
NHS asks citizens to contribute to Coronavirus Status Checker data-gathering tool
Even those with no or mild symptoms are urged to fill in a short survey to increase the volume of information available
Government teams up with Candy Crush Saga in fight against coronavirus
Popular puzzle game will be among a range of video games to embed messages encouraging users to stay at home
World Health Organization website allows comparison of countries’ coronavirus response
Platform includes data on more than 50 European countries, as well as the US
Hancock issues six-month order for NHS to share confidential patient data
Usual limitations relaxed as organisations across the NHS are told to share data in fight against coronavirus
Data science taskforce to support NHS with rapid research
The Alan Turing Institute and others are running a project seeking data and analysis professionals