The Government Procurement Service has put all planned IT frameworks "on pause" while it reviews their effectiveness.
"Our ICT framework agreements already remove excessive procurement procedures, but we want to make sure they are achieving the best savings and are easier and faster for both buyers and suppliers, including SMEs," said Cabinet Office parliamentary secretary Chloe Smith.
Read more: GB: Government puts IT procurement frameworks on hold
Speaking at the Telehealth 2012 conference, Stephen Johnson, deputy director of long term conditions at the DH, said that a "picture was starting to emerge" which showed that telehealth could improve outcomes for patients without increasing the workload for professionals.
Read more: GB: Department of Health: 'evidence needed for telehealth savings'
GB: Northern Ireland health minister touting home projects, pitching to IT firms during Boston visit
Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots, a large proponent of mobile health, is speaking at the EU/US eHealth Marketplace and the Partners Connected Health Symposium, along with other health officials and IT executives from the U.K., Ireland and the European Union.
The Department for Education (DfE) instructed both the BCS and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) to co-ordinate the draft document with the help of a small working party that included several school teachers, along with representatives from a number of education bodies, such as Vital and Naace.
Now the BCS and RAEng have asked for feedback from the wider education community.
Read more: GB: First draft of reformed ICT curriculum made public by British Computing Society
The release of GOV.UK is a key element in the Government's Digital by Default agenda, which was instigated by Martha Lane Fox's ‘Revolution, not Evolution’ report and endorsed by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude.
Read more: GB: Launch of GOV.UK, the first phase in the creation of a single platform for government