Councils

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15 December 2021

Welsh councils turn to digital in bid to improve telecare service offering

Over two thirds of councils in Wales are switching from analogue to digital technology to enhance their telecare service offering,
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1 December 2021

Local councils commit to improving digital approach to healthcare

A group of councils have agreed to take part in a digital transformation programme which aims to help them improve
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28 February 2018

UK councils ‘hit by 37 cyber-attacks per minute’

An FOI request sent by a privacy rights group to every council in the UK found that just over half
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1 October 2013

Hertfordshire invests in telecare

Hertfordshire County Council expects 4000 people a year to benefit from its new telecare contract with Tunstall Healthcare.
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7 December 2010

Local authorities link up to N3

The Department of Health and the Department of Work and Pensions have announced that local authorities can now securely access
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16 November 2010

Telecare essential to ‘re-enablement’

The government has highlighted the importance of using telehealth to help reform social care and provide more control to individuals
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20 October 2010

Osborne tells NHS to support social care

The NHS will be expected to support social care as council budgets are slashed, Chancellor George Osborne announced this lunchtime.
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28 September 2010

White paper ‘could hit patient care’

A picture of little support for the latest NHS white paper emerges from a survey by EHI Primary Care.
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23 August 2010

Insider view: Lyn Whitfield

The NHS is spending £300m on consultancy services. The health secretary is shocked. Lyn Whitfield wonders if he has any
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13 August 2010

Government to scrap Audit Commission

News has leaked out that ministers are to scrap the Audit Commission and transfer its audit arm to the private
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