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Devon and Cornwall hospitals initiate digital pathology with Sectra

Cancer patients will benefit from the potential for faster diagnosis and better access to specialist opinions, following the go-live of a digital pathology solution across five NHS sites in Devon and Cornwall.  

Technical and clinical deployment of the pathology module of Sectra’s enterprise imaging solution has now taken place at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS

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Unlocking the 10 Year Health Plan

The government’s plan for the NHS is a huge document. Jane Stephenson, chief executive of SPARK TSL, argues the key to unlocking its digital ambitions is to consider what it has to say about the shift from CDs to digital music.

Jane Stephenson

How can trusts and health boards make the same shift from

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Matrix appoints Neil Jones as Chief Executive Officer

Matrix, a leader in workforce management and pre-employment screening, has appointed Neil Jones as Chief Executive Officer to lead the next stage of the company’s growth.

Neil Jones

The appointment comes as Matrix gains increasing market recognition, including Star Performer status on the 2025 Everest Group VMS Peak Matrix® Assessment, highlighting the company’s strong momentum and

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Educating for Compliance, Not Creativity: Time to Rewire Schools for the Future

By Georgina Badine

There’s a phrase Johann Hari uses that resonates deeply with me: our schools have become factories of compliance. I see it everywhere. Young people drilled to tick boxes, to pass tests, to fit into standardised categories. What they’re not learning is how to think, how to imagine, or how to adapt.

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Alcidion grows top talent in the UK, with new MD, CCIO and CRO appointments

Dr Paul Deffley

Alcidion has announced the addition of three new appointments to their UK-based team, with one internal promotion and two external recruits. Dr Paul Deffley has been announced as the UK Managing Director, with Tracy McClelland and Darren Ransley joining as global Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO) and Chief Revenue Officer (UK),

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Delivering Under Pressure: How councils can adapt to shrinking budgets, deteriorating assets and net zero expectations

Managing the complexities of council assets and the diverse impact they have on local communities is no mean feat, particularly when funding from central government is only heading in one direction: downwards!

With budget cuts, rising community expectations, environmental responsibilities and evolving legislation – all on top of managing physical assets – it is

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Digital transformation will be key to embracing the social housing revolution promised by Spending Review

By Gary Haynes, MD of Voicescape, the UK’s leading provider of resident engagement solutions for housing associations and local authorities

Gary Haynes

We now know that 60% of the 300,000 affordable homes to be delivered in the £39bn housing programme pledged in last month’s Spending Review will be earmarked for social rent.

It marks

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How the public sector can protect itself against cyber threats

Joseph Rooke, Director Risk Insights (Insikt Group) at Recorded Future

High-profile cyber-attacks have shaken the private sector in recent months, with their devastating consequences dominating headlines. But while commercial businesses have been in the spotlight, organisations across the public sector are now asking a critical question: could we be next?

Joseph Rooke

Unfortunately, and

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Protecting Scapa Flow and the Queen of Sweden

A World War naval base and a centuries old Swedish ship have both been named as Scotland’s newest Historic Marine Protected Areas.

The Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy Gillian Martin confirmed the designation of the two sites off the coasts of Orkney and Shetland to recognise the national importance of the

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A Call for Action on Unregulated Medical Tourism: Protecting UK Patients and the NHS

By Kagan Seymenoglu, Founder and CEO of Longevita

Kagan Seymenoglu

Since the early 2000s, the global medical tourism industry has grown at a remarkable pace. Once accessed by the wealthy seeking luxury treatments abroad, it is now a mainstream option for many UK citizens – particularly in the field of elective cosmetic procedures such

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CORPORATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR VETERAN, RICHARD DONNELLAN NAMED AS QUANTUM TRILOGY’S NEW CHIEF FUNDING OFFICER

Reporter: Stuart Littleford

Quantum Trilogy, a

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Calling all DSLs – Have you completed your annual online safety review?

Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) states ‘schools and colleges should consider carrying out an annual review of their approach to online safety’. To help support schools, edtech charity, LGfL-The National Grid for Learning has developed a free, comprehensive yet easy to use Online Safety Audit, recently updated (Feb 2025) to reflect changes to

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‘Sextortion’: How schools can help safeguard young people from sexual extortion online

By Mubina Asaria, Safeguarding Consultant at ed-tech charity LGfL-The National Grid for Learning.

Mubina Asaria

Sexual extortion – often referred to in the media as sextortion – is a rapidly growing form of abuse where perpetrators use intimate images or videos of their victims to threaten, blackmail or manipulate them, often demanding money, further

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The Rising Demand for High-Quality Rental Properties: How Demographic Shifts and Smart Design are Reshaping the Property Sector

Aiden Van Sertima – Global Sales Director, Integritas Property Group

Aiden Van Sertima

The UK housing market is undergoing a significant transformation, driven not just by economic pressures and shifting work patterns, but also by major demographic changes. Increasingly, the spotlight is shifting to the growing demand for high-quality rental homes in city centres

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Why We Need Stronger Regulation For Online Weight Loss Drug Access

By Dr Ramoo, Medical Director, Bramacare

The UK is witnessing a sharp and largely unchecked rise in the use of weight loss injections such as Ozempic and Wegovy. While these drugs have proven clinical value when prescribed appropriately, their growing availability online, often without medical oversight, is creating a new and urgent public health

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Great plan: now we need to get real about digital delivery  

The government’s big plan for the 10 Year Health Plan for the NHS laid out a big role for delivery. However, the Highland Marketing advisory board felt the missing implementation plan will have some big issues to address, from addressing the state of NHS IT today, to finding the time and money to deliver

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When Air-Gaps Need WAN Acceleration

By David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks

The most critical means of maintaining service continuity is to protect an organisation’s backups first before anything else. Any failure to recognise that cyber-criminals comprehend see backups as any large, medium or small companies’ Achilles Heel, could lead to a significant amount of downtime and lost,

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HCRG Care Group Marks 100 Days of Community Health Transformation Across BSW and Surrey

Integrated care, digital access, and frontline innovation reshape health services for thousands of families and adults across BSW and Surrey.

After the Government recently launched its 10-Year Health Plan to modernise the NHS and bring care closer to communities, HCRG Care Group – the UK’s largest specialist community services provider – is today celebrating

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Avoiding a Talent Crisis During LGR: How Councils Can Retain Their Best People Through Uncertainty

By Julian Panter, Business and Project Director, Matrix Workforce Management Solutions

Julian Panter

At Matrix, we work with councils up and down the country and the warning from Solace about Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) putting good officers at risk of exit rings very true. While I haven’t seen every council restructuring their senior teams,

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Key Liverpool landmark demolished as innovation scheme enters new phase

Liverpool’s flagship £1bn Knowledge Quarter development is set to enter a new phase – following the completion of the demolition of a key landmark.

Removal of the former Smithdown Lane Police Station at the Paddington Village South scheme has now completed, paving the way for new development opportunities under a masterplan being co-ordinated by Liverpool City Council

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