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First ID card watchdog named
News Pilling's previous roles include permanent secretary to the Northern Ireland Office and reviewing appointments in various bodies including the Church of England and the Civil Aviation Authority. The government has... [14 Sep 2009]
All change please: Your train ticket will never be the same again
News Commuters all across England could soon be using mobile phones, bank cards and Oyster-style smart ticketing on their journey home via public transport. The Department of Transport (DfT) today released a consultation... [20 Aug 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans to reform what it calls Labour's "shambolic" and "costly" plans for healthcare technology in England. The plans are designed to end the repeated delays to a core part... [10 Aug 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News The spokesman added that the technology developed under the CWIC scheme will also be used to support the launch of voluntary ID cards in Manchester later this year, and the subsequent rollout of voluntary cards to the north west of... [23 Jul 2009]
Teachers get £5.6m to swot up on how to use tech
News Teachers in England are to get help to learn more about technology thanks to a £5.6m training programme, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The programme is aimed at increasing teachers' tech... [21 Jul 2009]
Is BT's super-fast broadband coming to your neighbourhood?
News Lea Valley East of England Loughton East of England Stanford-le-Hope East of England Waltham Cross East of England Berkhamsted East of England... [09 Jul 2009]
Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?
News Today the deployment of the CRS is four years behind schedule and is not likely to be implemented across every NHS health trust in England and Wales until 2014 or 2015. It added that a focus on trying to create a "common... [23 Jun 2009]
Police IT: 'Lots of money is being wasted'
News Police forces in England and Wales are wasting money by failing to collaborate when buying new IT, according to the director general of the CBI. The CBI's Richard Lambert said that the separate nature of the 43 forces... [03 Jun 2009]
And the most flexible town in the UK is...
News Meanwhile Wales was found to be the most flexible region with almost a third (29 per cent) of workers saying they work remotely, beating off competition from the South of England (25 per cent) and Scotland (22 per cent). [27 May 2009]
350,000 NHS email accounts Exchanged in massive migration
News Cable & Wireless, which supplies the NHSmail service, started the migration process in January and 12 weeks later, the NHSmail accounts of 1,381 organisations across England and Scotland had been moved off the legacy... [29 Apr 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News The NHS project to digitise medical records in England has six months to shape up - or else. Connelly also gave hope to health trusts in South England that have been waiting for new PAS since a DoH deal... [28 Apr 2009]
BT deal 'has killed risk of NHS IT walkout'
News Such rumours have effectively been put to bed with the news last week of a new deal that will see BT Global Services support patient administration systems at eight health trusts within the south of England, previously... [06 Apr 2009]
£75m police database: "A major weapon in crime fight"
News Bichard told silicon.com that in commissioning the Police National Database (PND), a key step has been taken towards centralising all police intelligence in England and Wales. The PND will be able to automatically pull... [06 Apr 2009]
NHS IT delays laid bare by £1.8bn underspend
News The agency blamed its ongoing spending shortfall on falling behind its timetable for implementing electronic medical records across England under the Care Records Service. The agency overseeing the £12.7bn revamp of NHS... [02 Apr 2009]
BT reveals which towns will get fibre first
News The East of England and the North West will get six locations apiece, while Yorkshire and the Humber will get three FTTC exchanges. BT has revealed the first exchanges that will get fibre to the cabinet (FTTC), starting... [23 Mar 2009]
