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IT strategy

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Collaboration is key to digital success in public safety

  Multi-agency engagement has a significant potential to boost the digital delivery of citizen safety services, says report

• June 13, 2019 13 Jun'19

  Digital chief at Department for Work and Pensions gets extension

  Acting chief digital information officer Simon McKinnon will stay in the role until 2020, since a successor for Mayank Prakash has yet to be found

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  NHSX chief replaces senior digital clinician at NHS Digital

  Matthew Gould takes over board seat from chief clinical information officer Simon Eccles

• June 12, 2019 12 Jun'19

  Government’s national Innovation Strategy launches

  The long-awaited Innovation Strategy document includes evolving use of data, eradicating legacy and seconding senior tech staff to the private sector

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Government increases efforts to drive Verify uptake

  Renewed push to create a ubiquitous digital identity market will include a consultation with the private sector and the creation of a dedicated unit

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  London Office of Technology and Innovation launches in ‘willing and able’ local authorities

  The LOTI coalition of local authorities kicks off to speed up the adoption of new technologies and approaches within local authorities

• June 11, 2019 11 Jun'19

  Tech firms back UK in spite of Brexit

  Theresa May announces funding to boost development of quantum technologies, as well as a tech competitiveness study, as sector companies pledge to invest further in the country

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  UK invests £18.5m to boost diversity in artificial intelligence

  Funding for artificial intelligence will go towards conversion degrees, scholarships for under-represented groups and online learning in the UK

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  UK should be much further ahead in AI, says London mayor

  Sadiq Khan calls on the next prime minister to prioritise preparations around the potential impact of artificial intelligence

• June 10, 2019 10 Jun'19

  TSB makes key appointment in IT restructure

  Mark Curran moves from CYBG to head up reorganisation that will see control of TSB’s IT transferred to an internal team from parent company’s tech subsidiary

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Public opposes exploitation of NHS data by large tech companies

  Following the US presidential visit to the UK, a YouGov survey found citizens are largely against use of patient information by international tech firms and want benefits focused on the UK

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  CIO interview: John Finch, Refinitiv

  Refinitiv CIO John Finch says finding people with the right level of data science skills is his biggest challenge

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  NHS England extends funding for new innovation projects

  3D heart modelling and an advanced blood test to reduce heart attack diagnostic timescales are among the additional projects that will be offered to more patients

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  NHS to provide funds to reward use of AI in health service

  Incentives will be given from April 2020, says NHS England chief executive

• June 06, 2019 06 Jun'19

  Tech sector appeals to future prime minister

  Trade body TechUK has urged Conservative leadership candidates to support the national digital industry and warned about the risks of a no-deal Brexit to sector businesses