We are really excited to be part of the first Social Care Digital Innovation Accelerator project, working in collaboration to develop a digital solution that responds to the new Liberty Protection Safeguards legislation. What do we mean by Liberty Protection Safeguards? The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, come under the Mental Capacity Act. They currently apply… Read more Social Care Digital Innovation Accelerator
Not so good with gadgets? Does the ‘D’ word and your smartphone or computer hinder your life rather than help it… You aren’t alone. In Dorset at least eight per cent of the population are not online at all and many more struggle with digital technology daily. Meet Mandy Greenwood from Shaftesbury who went from… Read more Shaftesbury’s gadget gurus help Mandy get digitally savvy
The last five weeks has been something of a whirlwind as we prepare our bid to the Government’s Rural Connected Communities competition. We are working hard to bring together a group of local, national and multi-national partners to show there are better and cheaper ways to offer the mobile connectivity that rural communities across the… Read more Poor connectivity costing our county dear
We have started our first large digital piece of work as Dorset Council looking at the Planning Service. Our immediate challenge is how we converge the six legacy district and county council planning services, who have different processes and systems. We want to use the opportunity to design a future service that meets the needs… Read more Transforming Planning Services
Today I was in the fantastic city of Leeds. I’m a big fan of Yorkshire (dangerous ground for someone born in Lancashire) but it was my first time in the city. The place feels very at ease with itself – a fantastic example of how to celebrate the past while embracing cultural diversity. I was… Read more Ey up! There could be an opportunity here . . .
The Government has today launched a competition which will see rural locations awarded a share of a £30 million fund to run trials of 5G-related technology.
The Superfast Dorset team is exploring how better mobile connectivity could transform communications for businesses, service providers and individuals. This is just one example of how Spanish mobile coverage – considerably superior to ours – makes a difference there in an emergency.
The National Campaign for Learning held its annual Learning at Work week in May. It’s the biggest festival of workplace learning and this year the theme was ‘Shaping the Future’, which was particularly appropriate for a brand-new Council. We ran a week of exciting events which started with Matt Prosser our Chief Executive giving a… Read more Shaping our Future
5G networks are the next generation of mobile internet connectivity, offering faster speeds and more reliable connections on smartphones and other devices than ever before.
Progress Tracker Last month we launched a text notification service for parents to follow the progress of their request for a needs assessment for an education, health and care (EHC) plan. Parents can track the progress of their request just by using their mobile phone. In response to feedback, our aim was to make the… Read more Changing our communication for families with SEND in Dorset
