We are currently looking for candidates who have had experience with TPP Systmone for our NHS client. We have Business / Change Analyst, IT Trainer, Project Coordinator and Data Entry positions going.
The Business / Change Analyst, IT Trainer and Project Coordinator roles are all 7 month contracts. There are 2 Data Entry position, with each being about 24 days ad hoc work.
These are good opportunities to get involved in a NHS project, so please do send through technically detailed CVs asap.
G & G Recruitment are working as an Employment Business.
Any questions, do give us a call.
Thursday, September 4, 2008
IT industry welcomes technology challenges of 2012 & looks forward to Olympics 3.0
With the Olympic flag now handed to Boris Johnson on behalf of London, Intellect, the trade association for the UK technology sector, highlighted the pivotal role of technology in delivering on the promise of 2012.
With London opting out of competing with Beijing on raw spectacle, the successful delivery of its promise of a green, secure, and integrated Olympics rests on technology. The aspiration is to deliver the first ‘Olympics 3.0’ with spectators being able to enjoy multiple viewpoints, real time Games updates and live travel information through mobile devices. Each audience member will be able to access information previously available only to the sports commentator in the booth.
Intellect’s Major Events Group is comprised of over 220 companies including; Atos Origin, Consult, Deloitte, Hyperion, Nortel and Tricerion. ICT will support over 205 international sporting organisations, 20,000 worldwide media, nine million spectators, and over four billion television viewers of the games. Carrie Hartnell, Transformational Business Programme Manager said: “London will be the focus of the world’s attention in 2012 and will be showcasing the best of British technology. Broadcasting, ticketing, venue management, security and transportation will be delivered through innovative and interconnected technological solutions. Come 2012 technology will be central to London’s Games and its legacy.” 4G mobile devices, contactless access platforms and smart cards will revolutionise the experience of spectators and athletes alike. Using these devices attendees of the London Games will be able to interact with the games in a number of ways including; finding their way through the London traffic, receiving security alerts, buying tickets, web blogging on the Games live, networking with friends across the Olympic village and accessing local wireless networks for close-ups and replays of Olympic events streamed to their mobile devices.
David Birch, Director of Consult Hyperion commented:“By 2012 the technologies – mobile and contactless – will have come together. Major manufacturers, such as Nokia, have already begun to integrate the contactless technology into their mobile phone product range. Once again London has been in the forefront of the development of new applications and services to take advantage of this fantastic platform. Barclays, O2 and TfL have just completed an experiment involving several hundred people who have been using their phones to catch the bus, ride on the tube and buy cups of coffee with a simple wave. The possibilities for 2012 certainly look exciting.”
Transport operators, banks and retailers are continuing to roll out new contactless terminals throughout London, laying down the rails for the next generation of contactless mobile devices to run on. This enabling infrastructure can provide a platform for a whole new set of innovative products and services to support London’s Olympics. Patrick Adiba, Executive Vice President for the Olympic Games at Atos Origin - Worldwide IT Partner to the International Olympic Committee through to the London 2012 Olympic Games, said:"As we complete the delivery of the IT infrastructure and systems for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, we see two areas where technology will play a greater role in London in 2012. Firstly in helping to deliver the low carbon Olympic Games from helping people plan their journey to the Games through to how the Games are broadcast around the world. Secondly in improving how the global audiences watch and follow the Olympic Games. In Beijing we have processed more than double the amount of competition data for media and news agencies than we did in Athens four years ago. We believe that this will increase yet further as audiences worldwide expect more detailed and colourful information about the competition events as they happen in the way that they want to receive it."The technology infrastructure being built into London 2012 will enable our Olympics to be environmentally sustainable, making London the low carbon Olympics. From helping people plan their journey more efficiently to intelligent building management, technology will be at the forefront in reducing London’s 2012 carbon emissions.
* - Article from PublicTechnology.net
With London opting out of competing with Beijing on raw spectacle, the successful delivery of its promise of a green, secure, and integrated Olympics rests on technology. The aspiration is to deliver the first ‘Olympics 3.0’ with spectators being able to enjoy multiple viewpoints, real time Games updates and live travel information through mobile devices. Each audience member will be able to access information previously available only to the sports commentator in the booth.
Intellect’s Major Events Group is comprised of over 220 companies including; Atos Origin, Consult, Deloitte, Hyperion, Nortel and Tricerion. ICT will support over 205 international sporting organisations, 20,000 worldwide media, nine million spectators, and over four billion television viewers of the games. Carrie Hartnell, Transformational Business Programme Manager said: “London will be the focus of the world’s attention in 2012 and will be showcasing the best of British technology. Broadcasting, ticketing, venue management, security and transportation will be delivered through innovative and interconnected technological solutions. Come 2012 technology will be central to London’s Games and its legacy.” 4G mobile devices, contactless access platforms and smart cards will revolutionise the experience of spectators and athletes alike. Using these devices attendees of the London Games will be able to interact with the games in a number of ways including; finding their way through the London traffic, receiving security alerts, buying tickets, web blogging on the Games live, networking with friends across the Olympic village and accessing local wireless networks for close-ups and replays of Olympic events streamed to their mobile devices.
David Birch, Director of Consult Hyperion commented:“By 2012 the technologies – mobile and contactless – will have come together. Major manufacturers, such as Nokia, have already begun to integrate the contactless technology into their mobile phone product range. Once again London has been in the forefront of the development of new applications and services to take advantage of this fantastic platform. Barclays, O2 and TfL have just completed an experiment involving several hundred people who have been using their phones to catch the bus, ride on the tube and buy cups of coffee with a simple wave. The possibilities for 2012 certainly look exciting.”
Transport operators, banks and retailers are continuing to roll out new contactless terminals throughout London, laying down the rails for the next generation of contactless mobile devices to run on. This enabling infrastructure can provide a platform for a whole new set of innovative products and services to support London’s Olympics. Patrick Adiba, Executive Vice President for the Olympic Games at Atos Origin - Worldwide IT Partner to the International Olympic Committee through to the London 2012 Olympic Games, said:"As we complete the delivery of the IT infrastructure and systems for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, we see two areas where technology will play a greater role in London in 2012. Firstly in helping to deliver the low carbon Olympic Games from helping people plan their journey to the Games through to how the Games are broadcast around the world. Secondly in improving how the global audiences watch and follow the Olympic Games. In Beijing we have processed more than double the amount of competition data for media and news agencies than we did in Athens four years ago. We believe that this will increase yet further as audiences worldwide expect more detailed and colourful information about the competition events as they happen in the way that they want to receive it."The technology infrastructure being built into London 2012 will enable our Olympics to be environmentally sustainable, making London the low carbon Olympics. From helping people plan their journey more efficiently to intelligent building management, technology will be at the forefront in reducing London’s 2012 carbon emissions.
* - Article from PublicTechnology.net
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Recruitment firm Hays has a job on its hands
Last year, 80,000 people took the next step in their careers thanks to Hays. Alistair Cox was one of them. An industry outsider, he arrived to become chief executive of the specialist recruiter exactly 12 months ago and so far the civil engineer has made a rather good fist of it.
Yesterday's results were a record and were higher than the City had been expecting. Yet to his credit, Cox made no attempt to deny the simple facts that the trends are not moving in Hays' favour.
The UK, despite moves to expand geographically, still accounts for more than half of revenues and the signs are not good. Demand for temporary contracts are flat at best, while permanent placements are falling. In Australia, too, the markets are softening.
Unemployment has so far proved the dog that didn't bark during the current slowdown, but the beast is now clearing its throat. The most bearish economists are now predicting a jobless total of up to 2.5m (compared with around 1.6m now) if the UK slides into a serious recession.
The difficulty for Hays is that with visibility of barely six weeks ahead, it finds it very difficult to predict where its markets are going. The only thing it knows for sure is that they aren't getting any better - particularly in its largest specialities of accounting and finance, and construction and property.
Some analysts moved to downgrade their forecasts yesterday on the expectation of contracting margins, while less buy-back activity may act as a drag on the share price.
For investors, it is not all bad news; Hays has a strong management team and good track record and boasts fantastic cash conversion. It also carries an attractive yield and a strong balance sheet that contains minimal debt.
For Citigroup, for instance, it means the fall in the share price to under 94p places the stock far below the 110p it believes should be a theoretical trough.
However, on balance, the company is more likely to see bad news rather than good in the months to come, and investors are likely to find better value elsewhere. Sell.
* - Article from the telegraph
Yesterday's results were a record and were higher than the City had been expecting. Yet to his credit, Cox made no attempt to deny the simple facts that the trends are not moving in Hays' favour.
The UK, despite moves to expand geographically, still accounts for more than half of revenues and the signs are not good. Demand for temporary contracts are flat at best, while permanent placements are falling. In Australia, too, the markets are softening.
Unemployment has so far proved the dog that didn't bark during the current slowdown, but the beast is now clearing its throat. The most bearish economists are now predicting a jobless total of up to 2.5m (compared with around 1.6m now) if the UK slides into a serious recession.
The difficulty for Hays is that with visibility of barely six weeks ahead, it finds it very difficult to predict where its markets are going. The only thing it knows for sure is that they aren't getting any better - particularly in its largest specialities of accounting and finance, and construction and property.
Some analysts moved to downgrade their forecasts yesterday on the expectation of contracting margins, while less buy-back activity may act as a drag on the share price.
For investors, it is not all bad news; Hays has a strong management team and good track record and boasts fantastic cash conversion. It also carries an attractive yield and a strong balance sheet that contains minimal debt.
For Citigroup, for instance, it means the fall in the share price to under 94p places the stock far below the 110p it believes should be a theoretical trough.
However, on balance, the company is more likely to see bad news rather than good in the months to come, and investors are likely to find better value elsewhere. Sell.
* - Article from the telegraph
Hays Profit Rises on Growth in International Business
By Lenka Ponikelska
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hays Plc, Britain's largest recruitment company, said full-year profit rose 13 percent as international business growth in Germany and Asia helped to offset a slowdown in the U.K. and Ireland.
Net income for the 12 months ended June 30 was 188.2 million pounds ($337 million),or 13.33 pence a share, compared with 166.5 million pounds, or 11.39 pence a year earlier, London-based Hays said in a statement distributed by PR Newswire today. That beat the 170 million-pound median estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. Revenue rose 20 percent to 2.54 billion pounds.
Demand for permanent placements in the U.K. and Australia declined, said the London-based recruiter. Hays, which gets about two thirds of revenue from the U.K., has sought to expand in faster-growing markets outside its home country. Hays said in April it plans to boost net fee income from international business to 70 percent within the next 10 years compared with about 42 percent today.
``A number of markets are becoming more difficult,'' Chief Executive Officer Alistair Cox said on a conference call with reporters today. ``We paused investments in one or two places but we have a diversification in 27 countries in broad sectors and there are significant opportunities to grow the business.''
Hays fell 0.75 pence, or 0.8 percent, to 93.5 pence in London, valuing the company at 1.29 billion pounds.
Temporary and permanent placements in the U.K. continue to decline and Hays reduced its workforce in the country by 7 percent in the second half to cut costs, Cox said. Hays expects to reduce its U.K. staff numbers further, he said.
`Clear Signs'
``There are clear signs that the U.K. is heading for recession,'' ING analyst Marc Zwartsenburg said by phone today from Amsterdam. ``They already said the U.K. was deteriorating in the trading statement and today they highlighted it again. There's no real trigger that things will get better.'' Zwartsenburg is reviewing his ``buy'' recommendation on the stock.
In Australia, demand among employers for temporary posts has been ``good,'' while demand for permanent placements is flat and Hays has halted further investment in the country, Cox said.
Net fees, or payments from clients minus payroll costs of workers, advanced 24 percent to 786.8 million pounds, said the company. Fees advanced 9 percent in the U.K. and Ireland to 452.9 million pounds. Net fees in Asia Pacific rose 55 percent to 176.2 million pounds. Germany, which accounts for 40 percent of European revenue, boosted net fees 43 percent.
Hays, which has a workforce of 8,872 people in 27 countries, opened 17 new offices in Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Canada and Brazil in the year while closing two sites in the U.K. and Ireland, said the company.
Hays increased its dividend to 5.8 pence, from 5 pence a year earlier.
To contact the reporter on this story: Lenka Ponikelska in London lponikelska1@bloomberg.net
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hays Plc, Britain's largest recruitment company, said full-year profit rose 13 percent as international business growth in Germany and Asia helped to offset a slowdown in the U.K. and Ireland.
Net income for the 12 months ended June 30 was 188.2 million pounds ($337 million),or 13.33 pence a share, compared with 166.5 million pounds, or 11.39 pence a year earlier, London-based Hays said in a statement distributed by PR Newswire today. That beat the 170 million-pound median estimate of six analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News. Revenue rose 20 percent to 2.54 billion pounds.
Demand for permanent placements in the U.K. and Australia declined, said the London-based recruiter. Hays, which gets about two thirds of revenue from the U.K., has sought to expand in faster-growing markets outside its home country. Hays said in April it plans to boost net fee income from international business to 70 percent within the next 10 years compared with about 42 percent today.
``A number of markets are becoming more difficult,'' Chief Executive Officer Alistair Cox said on a conference call with reporters today. ``We paused investments in one or two places but we have a diversification in 27 countries in broad sectors and there are significant opportunities to grow the business.''
Hays fell 0.75 pence, or 0.8 percent, to 93.5 pence in London, valuing the company at 1.29 billion pounds.
Temporary and permanent placements in the U.K. continue to decline and Hays reduced its workforce in the country by 7 percent in the second half to cut costs, Cox said. Hays expects to reduce its U.K. staff numbers further, he said.
`Clear Signs'
``There are clear signs that the U.K. is heading for recession,'' ING analyst Marc Zwartsenburg said by phone today from Amsterdam. ``They already said the U.K. was deteriorating in the trading statement and today they highlighted it again. There's no real trigger that things will get better.'' Zwartsenburg is reviewing his ``buy'' recommendation on the stock.
In Australia, demand among employers for temporary posts has been ``good,'' while demand for permanent placements is flat and Hays has halted further investment in the country, Cox said.
Net fees, or payments from clients minus payroll costs of workers, advanced 24 percent to 786.8 million pounds, said the company. Fees advanced 9 percent in the U.K. and Ireland to 452.9 million pounds. Net fees in Asia Pacific rose 55 percent to 176.2 million pounds. Germany, which accounts for 40 percent of European revenue, boosted net fees 43 percent.
Hays, which has a workforce of 8,872 people in 27 countries, opened 17 new offices in Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Canada and Brazil in the year while closing two sites in the U.K. and Ireland, said the company.
Hays increased its dividend to 5.8 pence, from 5 pence a year earlier.
To contact the reporter on this story: Lenka Ponikelska in London lponikelska1@bloomberg.net
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Barts underestimated impact of IT system
Barts and The London NHS Trust said today [1 September 2008] it had underestimated the impact of going live with a new system under the NHS's £12.7bn National Programme for IT [NPfIT].
Difficulties in scheduling patients for appointments have led to operating theatres and clinics being unused at times, despite high demand for them.
The trust is funding nearly £1m for extra temporary staff relating to the NPfIT go-live from its reserves. And it faces a further £1.5m shortfall in income because it may not be able to bill its local primary care trust for the patients it sees and treats.
A spokesman for Barts and The London NHS Trust told Computer Weekly an "intensive programme of measures is in place" which "will allow us to return to our previous performance levels as quickly as possible".
The trust has "apologised publicly to patients, GPs and staff for the difficulties they have experienced," he said.
The spokesman was responding to Computer Weekly's questions after the trust published board papers on its website describing "significant" ongoing problems after the implementation of the Care Records Service,
The trust has had difficulty maintaining an overview of which patients have been treated for what following roll-out of the system. It is paid according to the information it provides to the local primary care trust on the patients it sees and treats. But the trust warns in its latest board papers that income may be much less due to difficulties gathering accurate information on who has been seen for what and when.
A financial paper to the board on the first quarter of the trust's 2008/9 year says:
"There remain significant data quality issues with the Trust's activity and patient activity and income information due to the implementation of the Care Records Service.
"To reflect the high risk around income the trust has provided £1.5m against the first quarter's income."
The paper adds: "There are also known system errors where data which has been entered into CRS [the Cerner Care Records Service system] has not been reflected in the data warehouse and therefore is missing from SLAM [Service Level Agreement and Monitoring system]. These issues have caused [a] significant understatement of both inpatient and outpatient activity and income".
The trust says that BT and Cerner are "working on solutions to stop further errors". With fewer than expected patients being booked clinics and operating theatres have been under-used.
"There is some evidence that April activity was reduced due to the implementation issues of CRS. Clinics were reduced in some areas and issues with bookings meant that in some areas the clinics and operating theatres were not operating their usual capacity".
The trust has directed nearly £1m from central reserves nearly £1m to ICT to "fund additional temporary staff costs relating to the implementation and subsequent validation of CRS".
Bart's and the London Care Records System is based on a patient administration system from US supplier Cerner and BT, London's NPfIT local service provider.
Two other London trusts, Barnet and Chase Farm and the Royal Free Hampstead have also had significant and protracted problems after going live with the Cerner system. There have difficulties at go-lives of trusts outside London too. But the government and the Department of Health want trusts to accelerate plans for trusts to deploy NPfIT systems.
A spokesman for Barts and The London said: "The Trust anticipated that there would be a greater degree of fluctuation in activity levels in the period before and after the CRS [Care Records Service] go-live in April, but we underestimated the level of impact that CRS would have on our operations."
* - Article from Computer Weekly.
As a point of interest, i was at the Royal Free Hampstead only a few weeks ago as my Girlfriend unfortunately had to go into A & E and stay in Hospital for a few days. There was no obvious sign of the significant and protracted problems with the speed of the service or the treatment she received. However, there were signs everywhere explaining that the new system had been installed and that there may be some teething issues.
Good luck to them, sometimes change isn't easy but has to happen!!! If they need a hand with their recruitment of temporary ICT staff they could always contact us.
Difficulties in scheduling patients for appointments have led to operating theatres and clinics being unused at times, despite high demand for them.
The trust is funding nearly £1m for extra temporary staff relating to the NPfIT go-live from its reserves. And it faces a further £1.5m shortfall in income because it may not be able to bill its local primary care trust for the patients it sees and treats.
A spokesman for Barts and The London NHS Trust told Computer Weekly an "intensive programme of measures is in place" which "will allow us to return to our previous performance levels as quickly as possible".
The trust has "apologised publicly to patients, GPs and staff for the difficulties they have experienced," he said.
The spokesman was responding to Computer Weekly's questions after the trust published board papers on its website describing "significant" ongoing problems after the implementation of the Care Records Service,
The trust has had difficulty maintaining an overview of which patients have been treated for what following roll-out of the system. It is paid according to the information it provides to the local primary care trust on the patients it sees and treats. But the trust warns in its latest board papers that income may be much less due to difficulties gathering accurate information on who has been seen for what and when.
A financial paper to the board on the first quarter of the trust's 2008/9 year says:
"There remain significant data quality issues with the Trust's activity and patient activity and income information due to the implementation of the Care Records Service.
"To reflect the high risk around income the trust has provided £1.5m against the first quarter's income."
The paper adds: "There are also known system errors where data which has been entered into CRS [the Cerner Care Records Service system] has not been reflected in the data warehouse and therefore is missing from SLAM [Service Level Agreement and Monitoring system]. These issues have caused [a] significant understatement of both inpatient and outpatient activity and income".
The trust says that BT and Cerner are "working on solutions to stop further errors". With fewer than expected patients being booked clinics and operating theatres have been under-used.
"There is some evidence that April activity was reduced due to the implementation issues of CRS. Clinics were reduced in some areas and issues with bookings meant that in some areas the clinics and operating theatres were not operating their usual capacity".
The trust has directed nearly £1m from central reserves nearly £1m to ICT to "fund additional temporary staff costs relating to the implementation and subsequent validation of CRS".
Bart's and the London Care Records System is based on a patient administration system from US supplier Cerner and BT, London's NPfIT local service provider.
Two other London trusts, Barnet and Chase Farm and the Royal Free Hampstead have also had significant and protracted problems after going live with the Cerner system. There have difficulties at go-lives of trusts outside London too. But the government and the Department of Health want trusts to accelerate plans for trusts to deploy NPfIT systems.
A spokesman for Barts and The London said: "The Trust anticipated that there would be a greater degree of fluctuation in activity levels in the period before and after the CRS [Care Records Service] go-live in April, but we underestimated the level of impact that CRS would have on our operations."
* - Article from Computer Weekly.
As a point of interest, i was at the Royal Free Hampstead only a few weeks ago as my Girlfriend unfortunately had to go into A & E and stay in Hospital for a few days. There was no obvious sign of the significant and protracted problems with the speed of the service or the treatment she received. However, there were signs everywhere explaining that the new system had been installed and that there may be some teething issues.
Good luck to them, sometimes change isn't easy but has to happen!!! If they need a hand with their recruitment of temporary ICT staff they could always contact us.
Friday, August 29, 2008
IT Recruitment - whats the market like?
We thought we would give you all a quick update on how the current IT and Information Management recruitment market is looking within the Public and Not-For-Profit sector.
Well. So far this year, as mentioned in a previous post all has looked fine, not much change to mention. However, we did notice a drop in July. Maybe it was because everyone was on Summer Holiday or maybe it was the current economic climate taking hold. The good news is that it appears to have been a one off. August has been very busy on both the permanent and temporary side. We have received positions from within the NHS, Education, Charity and Housing sector.
In terms of the number of applications we are seeing we believe the number has generally been consistent, however, we have noticed a slight rise in the number of people looking for permanent work. Perhaps this is because they wish to ensure stability and financial security during these uncertain financial times.
If you would like to chat to us about IT and Information recruitment please do give us a call on 0844 800 4984 or e-mail us at info@ggrecruitment.co.uk
Well. So far this year, as mentioned in a previous post all has looked fine, not much change to mention. However, we did notice a drop in July. Maybe it was because everyone was on Summer Holiday or maybe it was the current economic climate taking hold. The good news is that it appears to have been a one off. August has been very busy on both the permanent and temporary side. We have received positions from within the NHS, Education, Charity and Housing sector.
In terms of the number of applications we are seeing we believe the number has generally been consistent, however, we have noticed a slight rise in the number of people looking for permanent work. Perhaps this is because they wish to ensure stability and financial security during these uncertain financial times.
If you would like to chat to us about IT and Information recruitment please do give us a call on 0844 800 4984 or e-mail us at info@ggrecruitment.co.uk
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Passport Theft
Make sure you check candidate's Passports!!!
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has advised its members to be vigilant in checking passports following the theft of a consignment from the Greater Manchester area last month. The passport numbers to look out for are:
706922251 to 706922300
706919201 to 706922200
706922301 to 706922800
761258951 to 761259000
706922201 to 706922250
* - article from the recruiter.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has advised its members to be vigilant in checking passports following the theft of a consignment from the Greater Manchester area last month. The passport numbers to look out for are:
706922251 to 706922300
706919201 to 706922200
706922301 to 706922800
761258951 to 761259000
706922201 to 706922250
* - article from the recruiter.
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