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Photos: How touchscreen tech helps a hospital keep tabs on patients
Photo A number of NHS hospitals have already deployed RFID for tracking purposes, with the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley in Scotland using the tags to keep tabs on equipment and Mayday Healthcare Trust in Croydon having... [09 Jul 2009]
How e-coding can prevent NHS slip-ups
Comment Mayday Healthcare Trust in Croydon, for example, has implemented barcodes and RFID technology for its electronic blood-tracking pilot, tracking blood from ordering through to sampling and transfusion. [20 May 2009]
The A to Z of ID cards
News As of February 2009 fingerprints and facial scans for foreign nationals were being captured at seven UK Border Agency centres, Armagh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Croydon, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield. With the first ID... [15 Apr 2009]
ID cards: Rely on 'visual check' as biometrics unreadable
News Fingerprints and facial scans will be captured at seven UKBA centres, starting with Croydon today before rolling it out to other centres in Armagh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool and Sheffield, with all centres... [25 Nov 2008]
Tesco online sales continue to grow
News The first dot-com-only store situated in Croydon South London is laid out in the same manner as a normal store and run by store staff but there are no tills and the building is not open to walk-in customers. [30 Sep 2008]
Croydon inks £83m deal with Capgemini
News Croydon Council has signed an extension to its IT outsourcing deal with Capgemini, worth an estimated £83m over five years. Capgemini will also provide consultancy services for Croydon's transformation... [23 Apr 2008]
iPhone 'mugging fear' unfounded, say police
News Operation Prestige took place in eight London boroughs: Brent, Camden, Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets - which were selected after analysis of police intelligence, said Paice. [07 Jan 2008]
London: Capital of laptop theft
News Harrow (247); 24= Enfield (237); 24= Waltham Forest (237); 26= Croydon (230); 26= Greenwich (230); 28. Worst London boroughs for laptop robberies Brent (23) Lambeth (22) Westminster (21) Newham (20) Southwark (20) [15 May 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.03.07
Round-Up Of course, this is actually a common problem, largely attributable to the fact Microsoft Outlook's spam filter is the high-tech equivalent of a nightclub bouncer in Croydon - letting any old rubbish through its doors... [09 Mar 2007]
Be extends next-gen fat pipes to third of Blighty
News Be's ADSL2+ network now covers the following locations: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Coventry, Croydon, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hemel Hempstead, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Middlesbrough, Milton... [16 Feb 2007]
Why Oyster's e-money plans hit the buffers
News For example, a handful of local councils, including Croydon and Lewisham, are using the smart card functionality of the Oyster to give local residents access to council services. Plans to add electronic wallet... [09 May 2006]
Siemens wins £6.7m immigration IT contract
News Siemens is also taking on responsibility for managing the cashiering functions at the IND's public enquiry offices at Birmingham, Croydon, Glasgow and Liverpool. Siemens Business Services has won a £6.7m contract to... [21 Feb 2006]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader It's fair to say that the ICO has had its 'successes', such as the £1,200 fine and one-year conditional discharge given this week to a private detective in Croydon for unlawfully disclosing someone's bank account details. [13 Jan 2006]
Private eye made to pay £1,200 over data abuse
News A private detective has been made to pay £1,200 in costs and given a one-year conditional discharge by magistrates in Croydon after pleading guilty to unlawfully disclosing someone's bank account details. [13 Jan 2006]
eBay fraudster jailed and ordered to pay back £70,000
News Simon Edward Hurley from Coulsdon in Surrey was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday to nine months' imprisonment and ordered to pay back £70,000 plus £8,000 costs within six months. Councillor Paul Smith,... [04 Oct 2005]
