Local Gov CIO at Norfolk County Council, Socitm President, husband, father of two, cyclist, squash player & gamer (retro & current). Views my own!
England, United Kingdom
Joined April 2009
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Geoff Connell retweeted
Here we are in Norwich at number 16 of the 40 most exciting cities to visit in 2024 according to thetimes.co.uk
No big deal.
We'll just be here, keeping things historical...
#visitNorwich #HeadEast @visitnorfolk @East_of_England
Geoff Connell retweeted
🚨 Our new survey finds that councils are in significantly worse position than before the Autumn Statement, with seven in ten councils now no longer confident of delivering a balanced budget in 2024/25.
Today, we and @LGAcomms call for government action: countycouncilsnetwork.org.uk…
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Good result for my first trail marathon. The Norfolk Coastal trail marathon was beautiful and I’d recommend it to anyone.
Geoff Connell retweeted
Pleased to help @KFrary launch the @NorfolkCC challenge at the 2023 @Step_into_Tech Techathon for 8-18s at @NorwichSchool with @geoffconnell and others.
Geoff Connell retweeted
We have installed a new IoT gateway at Blakeney Village Hall expanding the Innovation network even further why not come and find out more here...
innovationnetwork.uk/
@NorfolkCC
Norfolk County Council, New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership
Geoff Connell retweeted
Quite right for #Newsnight to say that Social Care has a planned fix in the future, but an urgent capacity problem right now needing national coordination of 100,000 jobs, and a national plan for increasing home care @1adass bottom line, no care fix, no health fix. @NorfolkASSD
Geoff Connell retweeted
We certainly do! To be clear social care is NOT the main cause of hospital discharge delays. This lazy reporting lacked data on causes. It is NHS services to provide a period of recovery at home which is lacking. There ARE social care shortages in the community. @1adass
"We've got to make working conditions for those in social care more attractable"
Health minister Philip Dunne admits that it is hard to attract people to work in social care
#Newsnight
Congratulations to @KFrary and thanks to @Socitm for the recognition and @NorfolkCC for the opportunities.
#SocitmPeople #SocitmAwards22 🎉
Member of the Year @KFrary from @NorfolkCC
Welcome to the President's Team, Kurt! 🤝 And thanks @geoffconnell for collecting the award 😀 2/11
ALT Member of the year 2022 category winner: Kurt Frary #SocitmAwards22. This is next to a photo of Kurt and an illustration of a trophy and a glass award.
ALT Man (in jeans and a shirt) and a woman (in a sari) stand in front of a huge video screen with the words 'Socitm Awards 2022' on it.
Geoff Connell retweeted
@socitm Our very own and much loved @nadirahussain44 joins @faithc75 @geoffconnell on stage and feels the love #PresConf22 👏👏❤️❤️
Geoff Connell retweeted
Elderly lady calls 111 with concerning symptoms. Triage GP can’t get through to her on phone. I get sent to visit. Can’t get in house. Spent 30 mins talking to neighbours, climbing over gate etc. Turns out she’s been in hospital for hours 🤦♂️#waste #SharedCareRecordsNow
Geoff Connell retweeted
#Chromebooks for £99.99 led to a lot of #BridgeTheDivide orders last week. 😀❤️🙏I hope other suppliers follow @LGfL & put #education and #children before short term profit during this #Omicron emergency. #WeAreLGfL We don't profit from schools. We invest in education
Geoff Connell retweeted
Another day, another push from national for patients to access information digitally (esp. in relation to elective recovery) with no plans or funding for digital inclusion. We are about to widen health inequalities even more...
Geoff Connell retweeted
East of England's 'fastest internet' on its way to seven Norfolk towns edp24.co.uk/news/faster-inte…
Geoff Connell retweeted
Love this!!!! 🤩 Listen with the sound on 😄
This unreal sprint of @MarkCavendish at the Tour of Oman will easily go down as one of the best of his career!
Norfolk county council: Build the Norwich Western Link - Sign the Petition! chng.it/tLQWHccJ via @UKChange I'm moving to this area and am confident it will help reduce congestion and as a result improve air in the City.
UK Government and Parliament: For Councils in England to have the choice to meet remotely - Sign the Petition! chng.it/BPGGfsPD via @UKChange
Geoff Connell retweeted
It’s not often a small log file manipulation routine causes widespread panic across the internet, writes Mark Brett. That’s what has happened when a small, beautifully formed Java function was exploited to be naughty not nice by ‘Elf on the Shelf’ gamers socitm.net/resource-hub/blog…
Geoff Connell retweeted
Some of our special guests that featured in this miniseries:
@CarlaDix4 @DeltaWellbeing @rupertlawrence9 @amica24org @EveSolom @darren_crombie @hctr01101000 @StickyNeil @CareFriendsApp @lpoolcouncil @geoffconnell @JamesBullion @NorfolkCC
Thank you all!
Geoff Connell retweeted
#Chromebooks for £99.99 led to a lot of #BridgeTheDivide orders last week. 😀❤️🙏I hope other suppliers follow @LGfL & put #education and #children before short term profit during this #Omicron emergency. #WeAreLGfL We don't profit from schools. We invest in education
So think about your out of hours monitoring and cover, whether that means automation, NOC, SOC or good old out of hours staff rotas.
Geoff Connell: "Most hacks happen on a Friday night"
@geoffconnell - @NorfolkCC
#PSE365 #cybersecurity