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GOVERNMENT NEWS
Joined up police IT to cut crime say forces
Police to share intelligence through multi-million pound system, but civil liberties group expresses fears
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Met police apologise for sharing victims' email addresses
More than 1,000 email addresses belonging to victims of crime accidentally shared by the Metropolitan Police Service
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Telecare to help 25,000 people in Birmingham
Fewer people in Birmingham will face moving into residential care, require hospital admission, or need home care
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Scotland implements £2.2m smartcard initiative
Three million people across Scotland to benefit from the Scottish government sponsored smartcard system
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Non-EU immigrants ''have to benefit UK''
Immigrants from outside the EU will have to show that they will add to the quality of life in Britain
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FEATURES ON GOVERNMENT ISSUES
Back to the future for NHS
With health unions implacable in their opposition to Andrew Lansley's NHS reforms, Calum Paton, professor of public policy at Keele University, suggests the government has yet to find any way forward – other than by rehashing old ideasInspection – bureaucratic burden or force for improvement?
It is casual and lazy to think 'inspection' and 'bureaucracy' are just different words for the same thing, said Ofsted's deputy chief inspector John Goldup at the inspectorate's first annual social care lecture
Transferable excellence- a scope for success?
Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Josef Dobeš outlines the Czech Republic's pre-seed activities and the system for maximising the potential of scientific research projects
Education- a student system?
Minister of State for Universities and Science David Willetts is committed to creating a university sector that responds to students' needs, as Public Service Review investigates
NHS patient privacy: time to take action for the sake of Britain's health
The NHS must protect patient data if it is to succeed in the vital task of harnessing the immense power of electronic systems in order to deliver better care, writes Kurt Long
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