Headlines, PublicNet: 19 March, 2012
Public services should adopt the Tesco Clubcard approach and give iPads’ to all frontline staff to close the data gap which causes costly mistakes.
A report on the Government’s use of data published by the think tank Demos recommends that all frontline public sector staff, such as social workers, police and health visitors should have ‘smart phone or iPad-style’ data stores that can keep track of service users and their specific needs.