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Defence in the Media: 16 April 2016
Today’s news blog features more on the remarkable life story of Sandhurst’s leading Army officer cadet, Kidane Cousland, plus claims relating to an arms fair held in London last year.
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A digital age for all ages
There’s been a lot of talk about gender diversity in digital over the last few weeks and rightly so, but it’s not just gender, or ethnicity that are the issues we should be thinking about.
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More people than ever are using DVLA’s digital services!
What a year it’s been! In the last 12 months we have seen more of you choosing to use our digital services. We’re committed to building seamless, easy to use and cost effective digital services to suit our different customer …
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Notification to MS licence holders due to compliance concerns
In January 2015, MHRA published guidance to ‘specials’ manufactures, to provide an interpretation of the good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements for specials manufacturers. The GMDP Inspectorate have been concerned that some Specials manufacturers have not always been receiving written orders …
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Bulford dig unearths archaeological treasure trove
The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) has uncovered prehistoric monuments, Anglo-Saxon graves and military features from WW1 and WW2 during pre-development works on MOD land in Bulford, Wiltshire, which is earmarked for 227 new Army family homes
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Twenty-first century medicine comes to Yorkshire and Humber
The Government’s revolutionary DNA-sequencing project has recruited its first patients from Yorkshire and Humber, signalling a new era of twenty-first century medicine in the region.
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What we’re working on: 15 April 2016
This is a list of what we’ve been working on since the last update on 1 April 2016, and what we plan to do next. As usual we’ve divided the work up into lists of what we’ve been doing to …
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One million customers using the Personal Tax Account
Hi, Richard James here to give you an update on the Personal Tax Account.
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Buying and selling Digital Outcomes and Specialists services update
Users will be able to buy and sell Digital Outcomes and Specialists services on the Digital Marketplace from the week commencing 25 April. We’ve been developing the buyer journey and writing Digital Outcomes and Specialists guidance to help you buy …
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Regulating apprenticeship end-point assessments
Vocational Qualifications team at Annual Apprenticeships Conference On 17 March Bryan Horne, Associate Director of Standards for Vocational Qualifications and Apprenticeships and I, ran a workshop on end point assessment in apprenticeships at FE Week’s Annual Apprenticeship Conference (AAC), at the …
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Defence in the Media: 15 April 2016
Defence-related news this morning includes stories on the top-performing officer cadet at Sandhurst.
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Diving deeper into Delivering Assisted Living Lifestyles At Scale (dallas)
The Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) programme was set up by the Department of Health to: show what telehealth and telecare is capable of provide a clear evidence base to support important investment decisions show how the technology supports people to …
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Inspire the next generation in Crewe
Would you like to improve your skills and competencies while helping to raise the aspirations of school children? Do you live near Crewe? Why not volunteer for our Inspiring Young People project? It gives students practical advice to help prepare them for the world of work, while providing you as a civil servant with a valuable opportunity to develop yourself.
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Why a rise in deaths in 2015 highlights the importance of flu vaccination
Last year there was a lot of media attention in the midst of the season dedicated to the flu vaccine being only 3% effective. It made for some good headlines, and even led one journalist to quip ‘seasonal flu vaccine …
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Periscope about service design in government
Have you heard of service design? Why do we need it? How do we design services in government? Louise Downe, Head of Design at GDS answered your questions live on Periscope. Transcript Giles: Welcome to another GDS Periscope. You’re looking …
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Teaching partnerships are forging the future of social work
Isabelle Trowler, Chief Social Worker for Children and Families and I recently wrote out to the sector inviting applications for the opportunity for additional investment in developing teaching partnership approaches. There is growing recognition by employers of social workers that …
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Building a new tagging infrastructure for GOV.UK
We're changing how tagging works behind the scenes to allow us to create a single way of categorising content ('taxonomy') for all content on GOV.UK. In October we laid out our plan to improve navigation on GOV.UK. It consists of …
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We’re doing a G-Cloud 9 discovery
We expect G-Cloud 8 (G8) to be open for applications on 17 May and G8 services to be available in the Digital Marketplace on 1 August. Here’s the provisional G8 timetable. A couple of changes from G-Cloud 7 The G8 …
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The Civil Service's new Health and Well-being Champion
Natalie Ceeney has been appointed the Civil Service's Health and Well-being Champion. She talks about the benefits to our physical and mental health of supporting the 'whole self' at work.
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Researching the realms of accessibility
In response to high customer demand, our newest online service ‘Apply for a Design’ launched in September 2015.
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Defence in the Media: 14 April 2016
Of note for Defence news today is further coverage of the situation in Libya, and reporting on the Army's new reserve recruitment campaign. Libya Articles in The Sun and Mirror follow up reporting that the UK could send 1,000 soldiers to Tripoli to help …
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The Walking Challenge is back for another year!
The Walking Challenge is back! Whether you want to lift your mood, shape up for summer, get more fresh air or even compete against your colleagues, it’s all possible if you accept the Challenge from The Charity for Civil Servants to walk 10,000 steps a day for 50 days.
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New designs for a circular economy
If you haven’t already come across the term ‘circular economy’, it’s technically a pretty simple concept to grasp. In a nutshell, the term refers to an entirely different approach to resource use than the standard ‘linear’ economy that powers today’s …
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Pre-election period - how we will communicate
Brief note on reduction of communications during pre-election period and reminder of the online consultation.
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RAF Red Arrows to fly over Pride in London
The Red Arrows will fly over Pride in London for the first time at this year’s parade in a show of support for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and LGBT Armed Forces personnel.
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Our second six months
Libraries Taskforce second 6 month report published today
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HPV primary screening in the cervical screening programme
Following a review of results from the English HPV primary screening pilot sites and international evidence, the UK National Screening Committee recommended at its January meeting that HPV primary screening should be adopted by the screening programme. We are now …
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Towards 2020: Healthcare UK moving forward
I am delighted to be taking the helm at Healthcare UK, after 3 years of achievement under the leadership of my predecessor Howard Lyons. I’m taking over an organisation which is highly successful in it's mission to support UK organisations …
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Civil Service Live and our vision for the future
You can register now for Civil Service Live, the biggest learning event in the calendar for civil servants. And this year, the event has a special purpose, as John Manzoni explains.
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April 30 deadline for hedgerows and boundaries grant fast approaching
If you haven’t yet applied for the hedgerows and boundaries grant, now’s the time – up to £5000 is available to help you restore and improve your hedgerows, walls, and boundaries – and applications need to be in by April …
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Rescuing rare and protected Lamprey
I’m Brecht Morris, Fisheries Technical Officer for the Environment Agency. We have recently finished working with Natural England and English Heritage on a really interesting project in Herefordshire. Mortimers Cross Water Mill is an 18th century working mill on the …
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Kick start your career
Stephen explains why resigning from his job and joining the Fast Track Apprenticeship Scheme was the right choice.
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Registration now open for Civil Service Live
You can now register to attend this years Civil service Live events. Find out more here
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Libraries and early experiences of loaning digital devices: sharing good practice
Lessons from early adopters
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Water fluoridation- what it is and how it helps dental health
Often, when water fluoridation appears in the headlines it is presented as a controversial subject. However, the evidence is clear that water fluoridation is a safe and effective measure to help people improve their oral health. At the levels we …
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Getting titles wrong: what you can learn from our mistake
Getting the title of your content right is vital. When you get it right, users can find it and use it. When you get it wrong, it can really cause problems.
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Defence in the media: 13 April 2016
Today’s defence news includes reporting on Libya and coverage of a court case which heard that the youngest British soldier to serve in Afghanistan was beaten to death in an unprovoked street attack.
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World Book Night
Plans for World Book Night: 23 April 2016
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The Newborn Blood Spot Failsafe Solution gets a new upgrade
There are systems in the NHS newborn screening programmes that help to identify babies who have missed screening so that prompt action can be taken.
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Libraries without boundaries
Guest post with comments on the Libraries Deliver: Ambition for Libraries in England document and process