by Charlie Helps FRSA | Oct 8, 2026 | AI, Articles, Artificial Intelligence, Board of Directors, Governance, Insight, NHS
Status: Formal Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) regulatory expectations interpreting existing UK General Data Protection Regulation duties. This is not new legislation. Published: 8 October 2026. Applicable date: Existing data-protection duties remain...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Feb 3, 2026 | Board of Directors, Conflict of Interest, Governance, NHS
Overview of Relevant Governance Codes NHS Foundation Trusts (FTs) operate within a framework that blends public sector accountability with corporate governance principles, ensuring transparency, risk management, and effective oversight. The primary guidance for their...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Feb 26, 2025 | Articles, Board of Directors, CQC, Governance, NHS, NHS Quality, Quality Assurance, Strategy
Introduction: The NHS Improvement and Assessment Framework (IAF) for 2025/26 is set to replace the current NHS Oversight Framework, reflecting a new operating model for the NHS. It is being introduced in the context of significant pressures (elective backlogs, urgent...
by Charlie Helps FRSA | Feb 13, 2025 | Articles, Board of Directors, Clinical Governance, Governance, NHS, NHS Quality, Quality Assurance
It was a crisp morning in 1995 when Dr. Steve Bolsin walked into Bristol Royal Infirmary, his stomach knotted with anxiety. For months, he had been tracking the disturbing mortality rates in the hospital’s pediatric cardiac surgery unit. Children were dying at...
