Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an 81m euros next generation network(NGN)contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited(DUCL),a joint ...
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Essex County Council is to upgrade ICT services for 200,000 users in an GBP 81m next generation network (NGN) contract that also aims to cut costs. The council awarded the NGN contract to Daisy Updata Communications Limited (DUCL), a ...
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The government confirmed earlier this month that it will make dramatic changes to the Carbon Reduction Commitment(CRC)energy efficiency scheme in order to save money. These reforms were initially announced in the chancellor of the ...
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Staffordshire County Council claims it has managed to save pound 1.5m by adopting the Cabinet Office framework for a public sector network. Staffordshire County Council was one of the first to embrace the public sector network (PSN) ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of 175,000 on an NHS Trust in Torquay after the sensitive details of over 1,000 employees were published accidentally on the Trust’s website. Staff at ...
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The Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust has been hit with pound 325,000 monetary penalty for breaching the Data Protection Act. The penalty is the highest since the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was granted the ...
I always think of spas as something for an exotic Asian holiday – a relaxing Thai or Balinese massage or a zen Indian retreat – so the idea of a detox weekend wallowing in hot mud did not exactly grab me with excitement when we ...
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French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales. For the three months to June the company saw sales in the UK increase by 3.4% to euro 190m (pound 148m). ...
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For those with a taste for the best in life, the Ritz, Hilton and Malmaison are probably among the hotel brands of choice. But now a new entrant is hoping to shake things up – the NHS. And officials say it will shatter preconceptions ...
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Bolton NHS Foundation Trust has selected security management firm Wave Systems' Safend Encryptor to encrypt sensitive data and manage and recover data securely. Further reading NHS Trust fined £175,000 for 'entirely avoidable' ...
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The UK government has announced it is recommending a standardised, hybrid approach to front-of-pack (FOP) nutritional labelling. The labels outlined will incorporate a combination of guideline daily amounts (GDAs), colour coding and ...
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Good night, good night All that remains is for Paul McCartney to sing us off to our slumbers. It's been a terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made. Thanks ...
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Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has signed an agreement with the UK National Health Service (NHS) to amend the existing contract under which CSC has developed and is deploying an integrated electronic patient records system using CSC's ...
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Teva UK, a part of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, has introduced the generic atorvastatin film-coated tablets in 10mg, 20mg, 40mg and 80mg strengths in the UK. The generic version of Pfizer's Lipitor is indicated for the treatment of ...
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Teva, a provider of generic pharmaceutical drugs, has introduced Rivastigmine capsules for generic prescription. Rivastigmine is generic equivalent to Novartis' Exelon capsules. Rivastigmine is indicated for use in the symptomatic ...
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