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22ND APRIL 2024 BUSINESS GUIDE DISTRIBUTED WITH How to work smarter


Looking to revamp your office? We’ve rounded up our pick of the best tech for a thriving workplace. Words: Andy Hill


Running a company is a tricky business. With so much to think about — communication, privacy and wellbeing — it’s no wonder so many business leaders report feeling overwhelmed or burned out. Here, we’ve gathered up a range of smart technology solutions to help lighten the load, so you can concentrate on doing what you do best.


Pocketalk S Voice Translator One of the most frustrating obstacles that international business leaders must confront is the language barrier. Well, not anymore. Pocketalk S is a handy, pocket-sized translation device, capable of decoding up to 84 languages. Quicker than Google Translate, it has a handy camera for deciphering signs or menus. Fluent at all levels of language interaction — meaning it’s as comfortable decoding C-Suite company communications as it is unpicking slang — this portable gizmo really talks the talk. £249. amazon.co.uk


FRAMERY ONE POD


VoCoVo Series 4 Headset Communication is key when it comes to running a company. And if you run a mobile team or work in customer service, you’ll know how important it is that


your people have a robust, discreet means of keeping in touch with each other. VoCoVo headsets are lightweight, convenient and high quality. Embarrassing accidental calls can be eliminated with VoCoVo’s intuitive push-to- talk functionality, which keeps the conversation flowing with 48-hour battery life. You can even say goodbye to annoying dropouts with two-way, full-duplex technology. £955 for a pack of five. thebarcodewarehouse.co.uk


Framery One Pod It’s all too familiar: the mad scramble to find a quiet place in the office to take an urgent and sensitive call. Finnish design company Framery is the market leader in soundproof workplace pods, and its latest innovation is the Framery Smart Pod. Not just a box, the smart pods have intelligent lighting that can mimic daylight and illuminate your face for vital video calls. Ventilation, airflow and soundproofing are all exquisitely engineered, and there’s even a smart reservation system that automatically recognises when the pods — available in sizes fitting up to six colleagues — are in use. Prices start from £7,890. frameryacoustics.com


4lite smart bulbs Never underestimate how essential good lighting is in a workplace. Whether you’re looking to gently foster creativity or trying to ramp up productivity, the colour and temperature of lighting can make all the difference. 4lite’s WiZ connected smart LED lights are an affordable solution for instantly upgrading your office’s lighting game. With 64,000 shades of white, 16 million colours and a lifespan of 25,000 hours, the bulbs are instantly adjustable via an app, and arrive fully compatible with Google Assistant, Alexa, Siri and Samsung SmartTings control systems. £30 for two. wickes.co.uk


Northdoor anti-phishing In 2024, organisations of all sizes have never been more at risk of ‘phishing’ (cyber attacks that masquerade as legitimate emails). An attack like this might lead to financial loss or a more pernicious long-term infiltration. Help is at hand with Northdoor, a smart artificial intelligence- based solution that employs deep linguistic analysis of both content and metadata. With hybrid working increasingly becoming the norm, this solution really is quite the catch. £45 per user. northdoor.co.uk


Digitising GP registrations to enhance the patient experience


How Netcompany is supporting NHS England’s Transformation Directorate


In 2021, NHS England’s Transforma- tion Directorate set up a programme that aims to reduce administrative burden for GP practices, improve the quality of data held centrally and


provide patients with an


easy to follow, accessible registra- tion process. GP practices process 6.8 million


registrations a year, and one of the programme’s key priorities was to digitise, improve and streamline that GP registration process. With Netcompany’s background


in supporting responsible digitisa- tion across all areas of public life, the company was selected to support NHS England on this transformation journey. Working closely with NHS England’s dedicated in-house team, Netcompany helped launch the online ‘Register with a GP surgery’ service in August 2022 — an offering it continues to expand today for both patients and GP practices. Digitisation of the process


shortens processing time, improves the quality of the data captured at the point of registration and can enhance


patient participating experience. practices, For patients


can now register from the comfort of their homes, removing the need to visit surgeries in person to collect and submit paperwork. Originally, NHS England had the


ambition of reaching 2,000 GP prac- tices participating in the programme


by the end of 2023. With the joint team including Netcompany, this was achieved a month before the deadline. By the end of November 2023, 2,100 surgeries enrolled and an estimated 750,000 patient registra- tions were processed via the digital channel. Almost half of the registra- tion forms were submitted outside normal GP surgery opening hours, and one in ten accessed the digital service in another language, proving the value of the new channel. Today, more than 2,500 practices


use the national online service, with over one million patients opting to submit registrations this way. Te Register with a GP surgery


service consists of an online regis- tration service and a new paper form. It’s available to all practices across England free of charge and can be found by patients directly on a GP surgery’s local website, on the NHS England website and the NHS App. Registration is quick and easy and includes initial pre-checks such as a practice catchment area check to further improve patients’ experience.


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