Paul Bradshaw

- Create a "Pocket PC" - a USB stick loaded with the free Linux operating system - to reduce the risk of sensitive data being left on an infected computer. - Lock your laptop and smartphone with a strong password made up of a long string of letters and numbers. Also make sure that the laptop BIOS is locked down and has a strong password. Don't use any word appearing in a dictionary. A determined hacker will be able to bypass a password but it may deter an opportunist intruder. - Hide sensitive details within a Word document by saving it in a white font to make it 'invisible' at first glance against a white background. - Don't save documents in obvious places like the My Documents folder - store them in more obscure sections of your hard drive. Give documents 'boring' file names that won't arouse curiosity if someone casually starts browsing through your files or demands to look at your computer at a checkpoint. - Use an open source Voice Over IP (VoIP) application such as Asterisk, - Paul Bradshaw

The Department of Health recently disclosed that some of its staff receive lucrative “clinical excellence awards” which are automatically paid each year. One Department of Health official received a payment worth £75,796 last year. More than 18 others received more than £35,000 each. - Paul Bradshaw

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Truth Massages & the Intelligence Unknown: It was then brought to my attention that the Wikipedia entry for both... http://t.co/cOvfbogj - Paul Bradshaw

It was then brought to my attention that the Wikipedia entry for both John Yates and John Timoney, Bahrain’s new police consultants (both of whom have been implicated in controversial past events), was made more positive* on December 1st – the date the appointment of Timoney was announced. As far as I can tell, the announcement of John Yates only appeared in mainstream press on Dec 2nd. Initially it was an exclusive by the Telegraph and I haven’t found a tweet announcing it on the 1st either. Can we attribute this oddity to time difference, or just coincidence? It seems unlikely. Also, the edits don’t mention that the two men have been appointed to work in Bahrain, which is odd considering the user who edits them exclusively edits articles related to Bahrain. - Paul Bradshaw

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They should apply Ramit's two-qualifier rule . A community for shoelovers {qualifier 1} who who ... {qualifier 2} This 'qualifier 2' should be either a demographic qualifier (young shoelovers, old shoelovers, shoelovers in San Francisco, budget- shoeshoppers etc...), a habit qualifier (who who love to go clubbing, who are shopaholics) or a psychographic qualifier (who believe in recyled materials, who hate shopping malls, are introverts etc...). - Paul Bradshaw

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On HMI #Health - Lead: NHS redundancy costs at a local level http://t.co/TamESttC - Paul Bradshaw

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In the east London borough of Tower Hamlets, this was the case for 61% of those removed in a recent overhaul, the FOI documents showed. Surgeries regularly "cleanse" their lists if they lose touch with patients, but this can lead to mistakes Another 10,000 people had to do the same in nearby Newham in recent months. - Paul Bradshaw

Tower Hamlets and Hackney are to be two of the six places in England to pilot the controversial NHS reform which will abolish GP practice boundaries, the Department of Health has announced. The east London boroughs will join NHS services in Westminster, Salford, Manchester and Nottingham City at the beginning of April in being the first to test the new policies spearheaded by Health Secretary Andew Lansley. - Paul Bradshaw

Using #FOI guidelines to get past refusals - The Help Me Investigate blog: http://t.co/pbS9fEZA - Paul Bradshaw

Estimates from the Department of Health show £616.6 million accounted for in possible redundancy costs for 2011/12. The health service has already made £195 million of redundancy payments in 2010/11, all of which have been attributed to "the modernisation" of the NHS, documents show. Total redundancy costs as a result of the Health and Social Care Bill, including cash already spent in 2010/11, are expected to be between £632 million and £989 million, with a Government "best estimate" of £810 million. - Paul Bradshaw

NHS managers should consider targeting immigrants and elderly patients first in order to meet brutal new GP list cleansing targets next year, says guidance from a DH advisory body. RELATED ARTICLES PCT wipes 38,000 patients from GP lists in 'appalling' list-cleansing drive PCC guide to tackling list inflation As part of the urgent drive to reduce variance in population and practice lists by 3%, first revealed by Pulse in November last year, new advice says PCTs should conduct ‘targeted campaigns' at certain groups to eliminate so-called ‘ghost' patients. Written by DH advisory body Primary Care Commissioning, the guidance lists successful list-cleansing schemes and gives examples of targeted campaigns in South Gloucestershire, South West Essex and Berkshire West which resulted in the removal of 24,000 ghost patients. - Paul Bradshaw