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info@commonwealthcontractors.comThe 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 […]
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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, […]
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, asked telecoms operators about the possibility of extending WI-FI across the capital at a London Organising Campaign of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) meeting last week. The Chief Executive of the Cloud, Steve Nicholson, said that “The Cloud has multiple networks similar to what Boris Johnson describes, such as in […]
Clinical Dashboard The Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust believes that better information management is a key reason why it has been able to improve its standard of patient care. A few years ago the Trust developed a ‘Clinical Dashboard’ which tells Doctors and Nurses everything they need to know about a patient. The system, which was […]
A Cabinet Office statement on the formation of the efficiency and reform group said that it will \”implement an immediate freeze on all new Information Communication Technology (ICT) spending above £1 million (and) review the government\’s biggest projects, including ICT projects, to see where costs can be reduced or wasteful projects stopped altogether\”. The HM […]
There are three main contracts in place relating to the Identity Card system; one with CSC valued at £385 million, one with IBM for £265 million and one with Thales for £18 million. The only contract to be cut altogether will be the Thales contract which relates to the launch of Identity Cards nationwide, however […]
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation’s Head of Policy, Anne Fairweather, said that “The REC will be making immediate representations to ensure that the industry’s concerns are taken on board and that the vital role of agency work is well understood. The current economic climate makes it more important than ever to implement the regulations in […]
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