NHS digital check-ups for over 40s scheduled to launch next year
Process is intended to help prevent a range of illnesses and conditions
Emergency alerts message system launches with nationwide test planned for next month
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MPs call for transformation plan of ‘antiquated’ DVLA
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Soon-to-close DIT presses on with hunt for digital transformation expert for £145k ops chief role
Trade agency is shortly to be merged into expanded Department for Business and Trade
Sunak pours cold water on Blair’s call for state digital ID scheme
Former PM publishes paper calling for government to manage digital identity marketplace – but current Downing Street inhabitant seems to dismiss proposal
‘DWP is moving away from seeing someone as a benefit recipient – and asking how we can respond to their circumstances’
Before appearing at PublicTechnology Live next week, digital delivery director Helen Roberts tells us about the department’s priorities – and why the term ‘digital transformation’ has never been a good fit
Scotland unveils health and care data strategy to ‘empower’ patients
Minister unveils plan and stresses importance of ‘taking people with us’
Government appoints Angela McLean as first female chief scientific adviser
MoD science chief replaces Patrick Vallance in an appointment the government hopes will ‘inspire women and girls into STEM careers’
Calls to expand biometrics watchdog to commercial entities
Scotland’s world-first regime needs to go further, critics have claimed
Department for Education ‘assessing risks’ of ChatGPT
Ministers says new technology also provides opportunities to widen access
NHS signs nationwide £20m deal for ‘electronic infection control’ systems
Systems delivered by US healthcare giant is intended to help trusts replace patchwork of paper documents and spreadsheets
ICO signs £800k deal to expand use of AI for sorting emails
Data-protection regulator awards contract to ‘conversational AI’
HMRC plans to offer online claims for Child Benefit by end of 2023
Department aims to build on digitisation work enabling citizens to view details of existing claims
Treasury unveils vision of digital pound
Government believes a digital currency backed by the Bank of England is ‘likely to be needed’
Bristol picks Fujitsu as long-term digital-transformation partner in £25m deal
Tech firm signs five-year contract with local authority
Home Office signs £40m digital deal for UK border anti-crime ‘analytics and targeting system’
Contract represents about a fifth of the budget for Cerberus project
Sunak creates Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
New entity will bring together components of BEIS and DCMS – which returns to a culture-specific brief
DWP chief signs off on £700m 10-year workplace transformation plan
Programme will deliver return on investment of £2.4bn over three decades
‘Critical projects years delayed and at risk of obsolescence’ – alarm sounded over MoD digital
Parliamentary committee flags need for radical reform
MoJ seeks £100m-plus network partner
Ministry seeks provider to offer LAN services – including support with insourcing
DBS claims hybrid working has delivered big boost in productivity and customer service
Chief exec of background-checking organisation also cites strong progress of transformation agenda
Pay constraints hamper government’s ability to attract top tech talent, report finds
Whitehall Monitor finds that DDaT profession has expanded vastly since 2016, but challenges remain in filling the biggest jobs
NHS Digital boss hails ‘opportunity to put digital at the heart of the NHS’ as merger concludes
Parliament signs off abolishment of technology unit and transfer of duties and data sets to overarching national body
Trade department urged to push on with £26m tech transformation scheme
Report finds that DIT must continue to tackle a shortfall of digital specialists and needs to implement new software systems