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Leading the design community
"For a designer, this is a great place to work because you get to solve problems and stretch your skills”. Find out more about DDaT’s design community
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What Londoners can expect this winter
After the recent warmer weather and summer of more freedoms, it could be easy to think the pandemic is behind us. London currently has the lowest COVID-19 case rate of any region in England but people are coming back together …
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Online recruitment, working remotely and yet to meet our team-mates
Two of our data analysts, Josh George and Junayed Islam, who joined Defra at the height of the pandemic, reflect on their experiences of online recruitment, working remotely, and having still never met their colleagues in person.
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We want to hear from you on modernising LPAs
There is still time to share your views on proposals to modernise lasting powers of attorney (LPAs). The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) started a 12-week consultation in July and it’s easy to respond online or in writing. More than 140 …
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Living with loss: A little message goes a long way
When Keela Shackell-Smith was rocked by her mum’s death, she founded The Grief Cafe to bring bereaved staff together, and her subsequent blog struck a chord with you. Now she’s back, determined to help staff who lost loved ones during …
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Digital Forensics at HMRC
When you hear of HMRC you may immediately think about the ‘taxman’, Self Assessment and other Government Gateway services provided to the public, but we have over 20 different professions across the department. Deborah has been working as a Forensic …
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NHS diabetic eye screening services and the National Diabetes Audit join forces to evaluate diabetes care
All 57 diabetic eye screening providers successfully submitted data to this year’s National Diabetes Audit which now includes a complete picture of the diabetic eye screening care process nationally.
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Learn about Neurodiversity in the workplace
If you want to increase your awareness of neurodiverse conditions and gain practical knowledge and skills to apply in assisting colleagues in the workplace, then this is the session for you
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GSE Returners' Pack
The GSE profession team has launched a returners’ pack; a toolkit for recruiting managers to encourage them to consider diversifying their workforce through the development of local returners’ programmes. Returners are individuals who have been away from the workplace, typically …
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National Audit Office Report on Future Farming
Today the National Audit Office has published a report on Defra’s Future Farming and Countryside Programme.
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One South West Civil Service careers showcase
Tickets are still available for our event on Wednesday 29 September, find out more and book online...
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What the Health Profile for England shows us about the wider impacts of COVID-19 on health
Today we have published the Health Profile for England 2021 report. The Health Profile for England report provides the most comprehensive look at the state of the nation’s health. Like in previous year’s reports, this update looks at a range of population …
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Applying to register a children’s home: top tips
Yvette Stanley, our National Director for Regulation and Social Care, sets out some top tips for completing an application to register a children’s home.
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Why the UK NSC is needed now as much as 25 years ago
Reflections from Dr Robert Sherriff about the early days of the UK NSC and why it's just as important today as when it started in 1996.
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Report published marking 25 years of UK National Screening Committee
Today, we publish a report summarising the work of the UK National Screening Committee over the past 25 years.
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A Question of Honours
The nation’s favourite celebrities may dominate the headlines when they’re awarded honours, but also included in every honours list are members of the public from a range of backgrounds. Civil servant Stephanie Karpetas shares the story of her own Palace …
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Our test and learn approach
Although we’ve written about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, we thought it might be useful to provide some rationale for our test and learn approach to designing and rolling out reform.
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Curious about what’s it like being an Inspector?
Curious about what’s it like being an Inspector? Two school HMI talk about their journey into the role and what the job involves.
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Things we learned about co-design at this summer's agricultural shows
We recently published a blog post about the things we learned at this summer’s agricultural shows which took place up and down the country. At most of those shows, we ran co-design taster sessions for members of the farming community, so they could get a sense, first-hand, of how they could shape our policies. In this post, we're going to talk about some other things we learned that directly relate to co-design.
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Automation in land registration
HM Land Registry is exploring the next steps in introducing greater levels of automation.
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Government’s Vision: Building Back Better and Transforming Infrastructure Performance
Nick Smallwood, Chief Executive Officer of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, discusses what the newly published National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline and Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030 mean for the construction sector and the country's infrastructure.
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Valuable feedback from newborn blood spot failsafe solution (NBSFS) survey
The PHE newborn blood spot (NBS) screening team has analysed results from its evaluation survey of the newborn blood spot failsafe solution.
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FACTSHEET: UK support to resettle Afghan nationals - ARAP scheme
The UK Government programme to resettle Afghan nationals who have supported British efforts in Afghanistan The UK Government established a bespoke resettlement scheme this year for current and former Locally Employed Staff in Afghanistan. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy …
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FACTSHEET: ACRS and other routes
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Meet our new Mental Health Social Work Lead
Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker for Adults, is delighted to confirm the appointment of Jason Brandon as the Mental Health Social Work Lead, following recruitment into a two year secondment. Jason will provide professional leadership support to her office to improve social work across mental health services, delivered in local authorities and NHS trusts.
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Seed bombing project in Kenya takes root
With my colleagues in the Overseas and Training (OS & TRG) team in Kenya, I’ve been working on a project to increase the number of trees on the British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK). We’re doing this through seed bombing, …
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£24 million for fisheries science projects
In today’s blog we look at media coverage of the launch of the Science and Innovation pillar of the Government’s UK Seafood Fund.
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Biodiversity and the role of actuaries
In this blog we focus on how actuaries are examining issues and upcoming problems associated with biodiversity loss. GAD actuary Georgi Bedenham looks at the role of actuaries and how they can help.
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Read, Talk, Share – Stories from the frontline
The Reading Agency shares stories from libraries and participants involved in its Reading Friends programme.
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Future Leaders Academy applications now closed
The deadline for applications for the Future Leaders Online Academy is Wednesday 15 September
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The Institute talks...about 'raising the standards: the apprentice guide to quality apprenticeships'
You can subscribe to The Institute talks podcast on Amazon Music, Apple podcast, Spotify and all other major podcast platforms. You can read transcripts for this podcast episode on Podbean. In this episode of The Institute talks, we talk about the new guidance created by …
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How to measure the impacts of regulation on business
RPC committee member Jonathan Cave sets out some of the issues to consider in measuring the impacts of regulation.
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How tech solutions helped hear a complex murder trial
Fitting together all the pieces when hearing a murder trial is always challenging for the Crown Court. Add in multiple defendants and the impact of essential safety measures, and the picture becomes even more complicated. Laura Connor outlines helped hear a complex trial in this blog.
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You can make a difference by supporting those around you
You can make a difference by supporting those around you In this anonymous blog, a colleague discusses their experience supporting a family member to raise awareness for World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday, 10 September. Life can be difficult for …
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What the Experts say: Schools are not drivers of Covid infection
Public Health England’s medical director, Dr Yvonne Doyle, has said schools are not "drivers" or "hubs" of Covid infection.
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Would you like to join a UK NSC reference group?
The fetal, maternal and child health (FMCH) group and adult reference group (ARG) of the UK NSC are looking for new members.
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Removing unexploded ordnance at Former Air Weapons Range RAF Cowden
I recently organised and held a visitors’ day to highlight the MOD’s approach to removing unexploded ordnance from Mappleton Beach at Former Air Weapons Range RAF Cowden. The visit also enabled DIO to further connect with stakeholders on this unique …
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The secret to great geospatial data portals: start with the user
Guest blog by Carl Watson, Senior Analyst and UX Lead, British Geological Survey who shares the steps taken to build a data portal for the user. “After listening to what real users want we have created guidelines for Designing Geospatial …
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Remembrance and reflection
Social care bodies across England have joined together to announce a Social Care Day of Remembrance and Reflection. It will take place, next year, on 22 March and be a day to honour the work of the adult social care workforce and remember those we lost. Chief Nurse for Adult Social Care, Deborah Sturdy, explains the background...
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Continuing to improve Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) at the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI)
DCMS has today announced appointments to our refreshed advisory board, helping to lead the Centre in its next phase. Going forward, we’ll be focusing our efforts on enabling trustworthy innovation in the real-world, and delivering on the priorities set out in …