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Online health information in demand |
| A survey, commissioned by Informing Healthcare, reveals that four out of five (78%) adults in Wales have access to the internet; and that two thirds (64%) source health information online. | |
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Capital benefits |
| Enabling citizens is one of the key targets of any forward-thinking local authority. Faced with the challenge of improving the take-up of Housing and Council Tax benefits, and improving back office efficiency, the City of Edinburgh Council and BT have implemented an innovative online benefits process which allows citizens to complete and track the progress of their claim. | |
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South Yorkshire drives forward new integrated transport website. |
| Research in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands finds a significant reason for non-use of public transport is the profusion of brands in the transport marketplace which confusers users. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE ) has responded by rebuilding its website to bring together all service information under one umbrella brand, utilising new innovations to deliver up-to-the-minute information on public transport in the region quickly, easily, and in real time. Launched in July 2006 this new one-stop-shop has been well received. SPiN finds out what’s been done and why... | |
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City re-united – Manchester's digital vision |
| Manchester, Tameside and Salford Councils together with their partners have joined forces to establish the ONE-Manchester (Open Network E-Manchester) partnership. Submitted as a Digital Challenge bid, the project would create Europe’s largest public broadband network serving some of the most deprived areas in the region. | |
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Explore Kent - Opening up the countryside online |
| Kent has over 4100 miles of Public Rights of Way – more than any other county in England – plus an extensive range of parks and open spaces. With this wealth of assets comes the difficult task of providing detailed information which will allow the public to make their own choices about where to go and what to do. Rebecca Hoffman explains how a multi-agency GIS approach unlocked the ‘Garden of England’... | |
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Food for thought |
| New web based and in-school systems are to monitor the content of school meals across Northamptonshire, empowering caterers, schools, and children themselves. As well as adding to knowledge about about eating habits, they will pinpoint need for change, and report against upcoming nutritional standards. Catherine Lamb explains. | |
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The Wakefield Wide Web |
| A collaborative effort in Wakefield is drawing community groups of all walks of life into an empowering online world, continually supported by the partnership. As Matt Isherwood demonstrates, the stats speak for themselves... | |
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Better intra-connected |
| Intranets have been a neglected area for development compared with public websites, but now the demand for service transformation is putting much greater emphasis on the need for employees to be fully informed about their work. | |
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