Insights

Why should you consolidate multiple document management systems into one?

DM systems are used in all sorts of organisations, from financial firms to football clubs. Corporate rollout saves time, money and resource.

How automating appointment booking can relieve the admin burden

Our OptoMize software is built for automation, and every improvement aims to keep manual tasks at bay. Yet for many diabetic eye screening programmes, appointment booking is still causing some headaches. Here’s two ways that NEC OptoMize can make the process easier for staff and participants alike. 

ASSURE – Transforming planning with Colchester Borough Council – The Pathfinders Project

In an ever-increasing digital world, planning departments across the country are striving to modernise. Colchester Borough Council is one of the authorities at the forefront of such change.

Making it easier for South Wales Police to tackle crime caught on camera

Intelligence to support identifying suspects for Leicestershire Police

Making it easy and efficient for Cheshire Constabulary to enforce traffic offences in the field

World Sight Day

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of preventable sight loss in the UK and globally.

Regular diabetic eye checks can prevent vision loss by detecting diabetic retinopathy before any symptoms appear. This leads to timely treatment and more successful results.

CMA Provisional Findings – NECSWS’s Acquisition of SSS Public Safety Ltd

Why transforming outpatient referrals needs the right kind of automation

In the wake of the pandemic, keeping admin away from clinicians is key to getting elective care back on track. Improving automation in the referral process is a great place to start, because it can be cumbersome and labour-intensive. That’s why robotic process automation (RPA) is increasingly taking over simple tasks. But if those tasks are likely to change, then it’s an approach that could store up cost and complexity for the future.

The State of Policing

In March of 2022 Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Sir Thomas P Winsor, published his assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of policing in England and Wales based on the inspections that Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) carried out between April and November 2021.

Somerset County Council choose NEC to support their youth offending service

Somerset County Council are the first Youth Offending service to contract to the NEC’s Pathways Youth Offending Case Management Solution

Going digital: putting the public first in public services

According to ONS figures, a third of UK households were already under pressure before the pandemic with outgoings exceeding earnings. As job security worsened and businesses had to shut their doors, local authorities were central to the successful delivery of the government’s economic support.