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Editor’s choice of ICT items of note:

Cyber Essentials technical requirements updated for April 2023

UK cyber experts warn of targeted phishing attacks from actors based in Russia and Iran

SEABORGIUM and TA453 continue their respective spear-phishing campaigns against targets of interest

Former Humberside officer would have been dismissed for fraudulent online gambling

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Editor’s choice of Health, Social Care & Homelessness related items of note:

CQC rates SpaMedica Poole outstanding following inspection

NHS issues final call to come forward for COVID booster

CQC publishes report on London maternity centre

Handover delays fall despite increase in patients being taken to A&E by ambulance

New cyber security resources available online as part of Keep I.T. Confidential campaign

NHS urges women to book a cervical screening as a third don’t take up vital offer

How is cost of living crisis affecting people in Wales?

More than 400 people set to benefit after NICE approves ground-breaking CAR-T therapy to treat aggressive form of blood cancer

Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust remains rated as requires improvement following CQC inspection

NICE welcomes new senior executive team appointments

Nottingham mental health hospital remains rated inadequate and in special measures following CQC inspection

Mental health services boosted by £150 million government funding

Winter pressures for health and care services: How we are responding

Editor’s choice of Business / Commercial items of note:

Citizens Advice responds to the Business Secretary’s warning for energy suppliers to end mistreatment of customers

All the ingredients for Flint business to grow

Building better business by responsibly unlocking the value of personal information

Business Secretary warns energy suppliers to end mistreatment of customers

Economy Minister unveils busy programme of international trade missions for spring 2023

Chancellor sets out long-term vision to grow the economy

Editor’s choice of Policy & General items of note:

PM call with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

The road to no more children missing from education

Join our housing customer forum

New fire safety regulations come into force in England

New drinks container return scheme for 2025 will help Wales improve world-leading recycling rates

Treasury Committee: Fuel duty fiction clouds fiscal forecasts

Government targets bomb making materials and poisons in new crackdown

New chair welcomed to Wales Audit Office

Legal Aid £11m package agreed

Defibrillator deliveries begin for all schools that need one

Caught hook, line, and sinker: Illegal fishing sees fines handed out to offenders in Yorkshire

Audit Wales - We’ve looking to hire Audit Leads (Accounts) to join our team.

Regulator launches inquiry into disability charity

Saving for later life: Work and Pensions Committee publishes Government Response to Report

SME Supplier Locator update...

With the officially stated target and ongoing drive for SME’s to receive £1 of every £3 spent on government contracts, UK public sector spend with SME’s is continually on the increase.

Against this ambitious backdrop, the WiredGov Supplier Locator service has been developed specifically to embrace the SME Agenda and provide the ideal platform for SME’s to promote their services, solutions, accreditation and success stories directly to our ever increasing audience across all government and public sector verticals and Tier 1 suppliers.

Recent arrivals to the SME Supplier Locator service include:

Click here to find out more.

Sintons LLP

More contributions to the Brexit process

Still a ‘hot topic’, with widely spread views:

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GOV. UK – Brexit