Category Archives: Guest Blogs

Guest Blog: Building Wales’ Digital future – the role of the Digital and Data Standards Board 

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Post by Rebecca Godfrey, Interim CEO of the Welsh Revenue Authority and Chair of the Digital and Data Standards Board for Wales 

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On 24 July, I chaired the Digital and Data Standards Board for Wales and I wanted to update you on our work.  

The Digital Strategy for Wales aims at driving a culture change in Wales – being open, using data to solve problems and putting people at the heart of all we do. The Digital Service Standards for Wales help us think about how we do this.   

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Going, Going, Gone: The beginning of the end for paper prescriptions in Wales

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By Ryan, Digital Health Policy

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On 17 November, the Minister for Health and Social Services announced that the first primary care prescriptions in Wales had been authorised via smartcard and sent digitally. This seems a straightforward and logical thing to do, so why the big fuss?

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Guest Blog: Cyber In Wales: Investing in Growth

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This month we published our Cyber Action Plan for Wales. As we move to delivering the actions in the plan, we asked Pete Burnap, Professor of Data Science & Cybersecurity at Cardiff University, and Director of the Cyber Innovation Hub – which was also launched this month – to write a guest blog about the work they’re doing and how partnerships and collaboration will help  deliver the ambition in the Cyber Action Plan for Wales.

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Guest blog: What’s in a name?

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The Digital Strategy for Wales sets out how public sector procurement has a real opportunity to support and grow Welsh businesses and digital skills.

This is the third blog in our series about procurement. Victoria, a member of our delivery team, provides an update on how the ‘Procurement Centre of Excellence’ is developing and shares some findings about what it could be called going forward.

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Guest blog: what’s going on beneath our feet?

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Greg Garner, Asset Owner Engagement Manager for Wales, Atkins

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The National Underground Asset Register (NUAR) is a great example of how digital services, data and technology can be used to improve the lives of people within Wales, and fully aligns with the Digital Strategy for Wales. Find out more about the potential benefits and the progress made so far.

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