An innovative scheme described as ‘an air traffic control system for patients’ developed in Cumbria has been shortlisted for a national award.
The ‘Electronic Referral and Resource Matching Scheme’ has been named as one of the best in the UK in the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards 2015.
The Cumbrian team will find out next week (Wednesday November 18) if it has won the ‘Using Technology to Improve Efficiency’ category.
Read more: GB: Cumbrian e-Health Scheme shortlisted for national award
39% of local authorities are looking to invest in e-invoicing in the next 12 months, according to research conducted by iGov.
In a survey carried out on behalf of Basware UK, the LGA, Department of Business Innovation and Skills, and the UK National e-Invoicing Forum, iGov learnt that 74% of public sector professionals believe e-invoicing increases the number of payments made on time.
They also found that 61% of public sector workers think it increases visibility of the workflow process and 44% believe it will improve supplier relationships.
Read more: GB: Local authorities looking to invest in e-invoicing
A brief overview of the secure identity platform Government Gateway launched in 2001 & its replacement GOV.UK Verify
Everything you need to know about Government Gateway and the government identity assurance scheme GOV.UK Verify.
What is Government Gateway?
Read more: Government Gateway and GOV.UK Verify: government online services explained
The government has created a new group which will focus on reforming the UK's digital public services.
The government has been focused on making things ‘digital by default' since 2010 under former Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
His replacement, Matt Hancock, announced the creation of the ministerial group on government digital technology, which will focus on providing better access for citizens to government services - something that Whitehall has been working on for years - but will also focus on building a series of digital "platforms".
Read more: GB: Government creates ministerial group to aid digital transformation
Support services is the latest Dorset County Council department to come under scrutiny as the authority looks to make savings.
A public consultation will be held to help decide which of four options will be used to deliver support services – human resources, legal, IT, customer services, business support and finance – in the future.
But although three of the options suggest changing the way things are done, the leader of the county council, Robert Gould, said it is too early to tell what impact this could have on jobs.