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I worked on ContactPoint deployment ...

I worked on ContactPoint deployment for over 12 months, trained over 1,000 front line professionals on Common Assessment etc etc.

Working with these dedicated professionals provided a valuable insight into...

Read more (written 6th Aug). No responses yet.
I know of many elderly people who are...

I know of many elderly people who are left on their own. Schemes to help the elderly with their living costs are expensive. In the not too distant past it was commonplace for people to have a granddad or grand ...

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There was an easy way for a public service...

There was an easy way for a public service provider, say a local authority , to share personal data within its many silos, in order to give a joined up service around citizens needs? Perhaps a system where the citizen...

Read more (written 13th Apr). No responses yet.
Public Sector software/system purchased...

Public Sector software/system purchased were compelled to provide open, documented and maintained standard interfaces (APIs).

A system which uses addresses, for example, should come with a "connector&...

Read more (written 1st Mar). No responses yet.
Help people choose to quit smoking

All shops who sold tobacco and cigarettes had to sell nicotine replacement patches and gum etc.

Read more (written 28th Jan). No responses yet.
FREEPOST

wouldn't it be good if, when travelling with little or no luggage, you could pick up a package at the your station and deliver it to a waiting office or person at your destination.

We did something similar...

Read more (written 28th Jan). No responses yet.
Registering for Self Assessment

Right. Attempting to register for self assesment. Had to get my reference in the post. It's arrived. Have opened the window.

Clicked through some forms. Put my (valid) email address. Rejected. Now using...

Read more (written 25th Jan). No responses yet.
The simplest of things.....the difficulty...

The simplest of things.....the difficulty with snow.

I had always found snow difficult, treacherous for driving, quite threatening if alone. And then I married a man who had lived for eighteen years in the...

Read more (written 20th Jan). No responses yet.
Inability to deal with snow.

Inability to deal with snow.

That's a week now that not one two-wheel drive car has made it down our rural lane. The station is about an hour's walk away. Wouldnt it be better if the parish had...

Read more (written 10th Jan). No responses yet.
Can I work with you on any of these ...

Can I work with you on any of these points? http://whymandesign.posterous.com/

http://twitter.com/whymandesign Maybe with innovate.direct.gov.uk/

Read more (written 28th Dec). No responses yet.
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