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There has been much speculation about the abolition of IR35 since the Queens Speech which included plans to remove barriers to flexible working, promote equal pay and make the taxation system fairer and simpler. The announcement followed the Conservatives letter to the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) on IR35 prior to the General Election and the […]
From July Government Departments will need to publish historic information on the Combined Online Information System (COIN) database and all tender documents for contracts over £10,000. Later in the year all information will be transferred to a single website (rather than individual Governmental sites) and Government bodies will need to provide details of central government […]
Since November 2007 the National Health Service has reported: 116 incidents where equipment containing personal data was stolen 87 incidents where health service organisations lost hardware containing personal data 43 incidents where information was wrongly disclosed by health service organisations 17 incidents where data was \”lost in transit\” 13 cases involving the non-secure disposal of […]
The move will see the company consolidate its Enterprise Services commercial data centres, networks, management platforms and applications in order to create a ‘scalable, modernised and automated IT Infrastructure’. Jim Hansen, National Officer at the Public and Commercial Services Union said that “The UK arm of Hewlett Packard had already suffered its share of cuts […]
In his letter to the General Medical Council, Andrew Lansley the new Health Secretary said that “I do not yet have sufficient confidence that there will be time properly to gather and evaluate evidence on all aspects of revalidation and to amend plans in the light of the current pilots. I therefore intend to extend […]
The Managing Director of Reed, Martin Warnes, said that “While it is good that the job demand trend is upwards again, recovery remains fragile. In spite of George Osborne\’s hopes, the private sector has yet to demonstrate it is taking up the slack in advance of public sector cuts. However, although employers are still suffering […]
In terms of business related perks company pension plans were favoured by 15% of respondents, making them the third most popular benefit. Other benefits to gain a mention included social / humanitarian work with 7%, exposure to advanced networking / social activities with 6% and paid training and developments with 6%. The Head of Human […]
What is the Vetting and Barring Scheme? The Vetting and Barring Scheme (run by the Criminal Records Bureau, the Independent Safeguarding Authority and Access NI) is a new system introduced to replace: The Protection of Children Act (PoCA) List The Protection of Vulnerable Adults (PoVA) List The Disqualification from Working with Children (DWC) List The […]
The National Programme for Information Technology system was designed in order to create a centrally held database of National Health Service (NHS) patient data in England which would connect 300 hospitals and more than 30,000 GPs. Beset by problems from the outset and criticised by Doctors and healthcare workers for being a top down implementation, […]