Government to track smartphone location data to study impact of lockdowns
Cabinet Office awards £300k short-term deal to tech specialist
Police to offer citizens ability to provide live stream of incidents
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DWP to trial digital system for issuing National Insurance numbers
Service will be made available to small number of applicants
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The biggest stories of 2018 – part two
We revisit the big news and major events from the second half of 2018
Scottish 4G coverage less than half that of England
Ofcom report shows just 38% of Scotland has good data coverage from all four networks
London picks new tech for election vote counting
Local authority opts for software from Smartmatic
Cambridgeshire’s connectivity mission
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is investing £13.6m to boost connectivity. Gill Hitchcock reports on the challenging targets and the delivery team working with suppliers to remove barriers and pave the way for success
Hospital trials app for on-demand porters
Northwick Park Hospital in north-west London rolls out tablets and smartphones for staff to request porters
Home Office awards £8m biometrics deal to Mastek
Indian tech services firm adds application development contract to the £5m DevOps and support deal it won earlier this year
HMRC picked out as Whitehall paragon of smart working
Report from think tank Reform praises initiatives such as equipping large numbers of the department’s workforce with tablet computers
Airwave to get three-year extension as government resets Emergency Services Network project
New services to be rolled out incrementally as Motorola Solutions agrees to continue support outgoing platform
Brent Council offers ‘drone pilot apprenticeship’
Chosen candidate will ultimately ‘promote the use of drone services within the council’
West Midlands selected for £50m 5G testbed
Connected ambulances, live streaming CCTV and driverless cars all part of initial plans
Met Police builds own fingerprint scanner
London force launches new technology it claims will save £200,000 a year and allow for far more widespread rollout than would otherwise be possible
Barts trials virtual appointments for heart and cancer patients
London hospital claims use of technology has massively reduced missed appointments
Results-day app to allow teachers to compare annual variations in GCSE and A-level results
Ofqual creates tool for looking at trends locally and nationally
Emergency Services Network rollout given red-light warning in annual major projects review
The annual report from the Infrastructure and Projects Authority shows government tech programmes of work are a mixed bag
NHS app to launch for Android and Apple in December
Jeremy Hunt announces upcoming launch of app allowing patients to make GP appointments and manage prescriptions
Transport for London BYOD scheme accredits more than 3,500 staff devices
Report from Parliament Street think tank shows explosion in number of smartphones and tablets registered as part of programme
How Skype is ending isolation for NHS staff in Wales
After piloting the technology for non-clinical use, Gill Hitchcock reports on how primary care managers in south Wales are looking to overcome confidentiality issues to explore its potential for GP consultations
Waltham Forest launches Twitter chatbot for fly-tipping reports
Residents of London borough offered new channel to contact council about environmental issues
Leicester City Council to roll out body-worn cameras to deter assaults on frontline staff
City looks for supplier to provide as many as 200 devices to record incidents
HMRC cites success of automated telephony despite criticism of increased call-waiting times
Figures show a rise in time taken to answer calls, but department claims time spent in automated platform is ‘valuable’