The government has announced a £133m funding packaged for artificial intelligence and gene-based therapies to treat diseases such as cancer, dementia and Parkinson’s.
Thirty-two per cent of UK councils’ IT budgets were slashed last year while a further 21% have remained the same, according to analysis by IT consultancy Y Soft.
The Scottish Government has been warned that it must show greater strategic leadership across the public sector if it is to achieve its digital ambitions.
The use of AI in the NHS has huge potential in saving man-hours and focusing staff on more complex tasks, writes NHS Shared Business Services’ Stephen Sutcliffe.
An overhaul of Scottish economic and social policy will be needed in the face of global automation, which threatens a third of jobs by 2030, a leading think-tank has claimed.
Finance teams are key players in supporting digital transformation projects, which could allow public sector organisations to provide faster and better quality services, says not-for-profit Eduserv’s...
The public sector is not widely adopting blockchain because of a lack of policies to support the technology, the director of a software company has told a conference.
