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BBC News
22-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Warwickshire surgeon retires after helping 15,000 patients
A hospital trust's longest serving orthopedic consultant is retiring after performing 15,000 joint replacements over more than three decades. Stephen Young joined the South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) in 1989 and played a crucial role in setting up its orthopaedic unit. He temporarily stepped down from his role before the pandemic in preparation for retirement, however he returned to support the trust after a mobile theatre was installed to increase the number of operations that could be carried out. Tamara Harries, general manager for orthopaedics at SWFT, said many of Mr Young's patients "owed their mobility and quality of life to his expert hands". Mr Young performed nearly 1,000 hip replacements in the last three also helped to set up the South Warwickshire Accelerated Transfer Team (SWATT) service, which oversees the entire patient journey, from when they are added to a waiting list, to being back at home fully recovered. A spokesperson for the trust credited SWATT for helping the trust to become "one of the most efficient orthopaedic units in the country". Lasting legacy Glen Burley, foundation group chief executive, said thousands of patients, staff and trainees had benefited from Mr Young's skills."We will all miss his leadership and his calm, caring and efficient approach," Mr Burley Young is set to retire next month, however he leaves a lasting legacy. A bi-annual community event, the Sky Walk, where former patients walk alongside the trust's orthopedic team, was previously named in Mr Young's honour. It continues to raise money for the unit that he helped to establish. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cyberstar Joins GSA Advantage Marketplace, Offering New Procurement Option for the Industry-Leading Cyber Workforce Platform and Optimizing for GSA OneGov Strategy and SWFT Initiative
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Zero-friction 8140 compliance & commercial off the shelf (COTS) cyber workforce solution now available through streamlined federal procurement supporting $110B GSA OneGov transformation and DoD software modernization. Cyberstar, the industry-leading DoD cyber workforce platform, today announced its strategic addition to the GSA Advantage marketplace, positioning the company to support Fourth Estate agencies both GSA's groundbreaking OneGov strategy and Acting DoD CIO Katie Arrington's Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative. This milestone creates streamlined procurement access for agencies under 10,000 users while supporting the most significant federal acquisition transformation in decades. The GSA OneGov strategy, unveiled April 29, 2025, consolidates $110 billion in annual federal IT contracts under unified purchasing power, fundamentally reshaping how government acquires technology services. The SWFT initiative, launched just a month later on June 1, 2025, complements OneGov by replacing legacy software authorization processes with AI-driven automation. Together, these initiatives create demand for a new approach to cybersecurity workforce management that can support the DoD's rigorous security and procurement processes while promoting essential modern software capabilities and data-driven analysis. Cyberstar's GSA Advantage listing enables agencies with under 10,000 users to access automated 8140 compliance solutions through pre-approved procurement channels while supporting OneGov's mandate for enhanced cybersecurity protections embedded directly in all federal contracts. "The convergence of OneGov's enterprise-scale procurement transformation and Katie Arrington's SWFT initiative represents the future of federal technology acquisition," said Marling Engle, CEO at Cyberstar. "Our GSA Advantage availability ensures agencies can implement both the standardized cybersecurity workforce requirements OneGov demands and the continuous monitoring capabilities SWFT enables." Cyberstar's proven capabilities directly support OneGov objectives through real-time qualification tracking across all DCWF, 8140, IA, NICE and custom work roles, plus automated certification validation and intelligent workforce analytics purpose-built for defense cyber teams. The platform's robust system integrations and FedRAMP authorization ensure immediate deployment capability supporting both military and civilian organizations and defense contractors. Current Cyberstar implementations have documented results including 90% reduction in manual compliance tasks and $1M+ annual savings through streamlined processes. Through GSA Advantage, agencies can now access comprehensive workforce management capabilities without traditional procurement delays, while simultaneously supporting both OneGov standardization objectives and SWFT implementation requirements. About Cyberstar: Built by cyber operators for cyber operators, Cyberstar modernizes federal workforce mission readiness through automated validation, real-time monitoring, and intelligent analytics to lend operational advantage. Formerly CyberSTAR by WillCo Tech, it is the industry-leading platform for defense cyber workforce modernization, incorporating DCWF and 8140 workforce management to empower DoD teams so they can focus on cyber defense without getting bogged down in paperwork. Learn more at Media Contact:Lily HunterChief Marketing Officermarketing@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Cyberstar
BBC News
02-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
New Warwickshire hospital branded a 'fiasco' over beds
The redevelopment and opening of a community hospital has been branded a "fiasco" by locals campaigning over the loss of inpatient beds. The Ellen Badger Hospital in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, was demolished in 2022 and has been replaced by outpatient services, with beds transferred elsewhere in the county. "We now have a large, new building, but not a hospital," said Alasdair Elliott, chairman of the Beds for Badger campaign group. The NHS trust says the development was an "exciting investment" for the local community, supporting people out of an acute hospital setting "which we know improves outcomes". Fundraisers donated £635,000 towards the new hospital, which the trust used to buy adjacent land for the fundraisers said when they made their donation, it was on the understanding it would include inpatient Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust (SWFT) has previously said the donation was not conditional of inpatient beds being provided. Hundreds of campaigners, including GP and broadcaster Dr Sarah Jarvis, have been protesting about the lack of beds at the new hospital. "The vast majority of the residents of Shipston-on-Stour and the surrounding rural community are furious the new building has the barefaced cheek to have the words Ellen Badger Hospital prominently displayed," added Mr Elliott. "We can only assume that the signage was ordered some years ago when we were promised a brand new hospital to replace the existing one."We now have a fiasco which has been eight years in the making."The new three-storey building will provide an activity space and a shared space for community nursing teams. Clinics, including speech and language therapy, community midwifery and screening programmes will take place in treatment rooms, said the trust. A new diagnostic hub at Stratford Hospital would be operational from 9 June, it added, which was "another example of bringing services closer to communities". Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Associated Press
22-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Knox Systems Backs DoD's SWFT Push to Fast-Track Secure Software
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Knox Systems, the company behind the largest and longest-running FedRAMP and DISA-authorized SaaS cloud in the federal market, is proud to support the Department of Defense's Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative—an effort to transform how software is assessed, authorized, and deployed across defense missions. As one of the first participants, Knox submitted responses to all three SWFT RFIs—Tools, External Assessment Methodologies, and Automation & AI —outlining how its AI-native platform, KnoxAI, delivers real-time, mission-aware risk assessments and automates compliance at scale. KnoxAI is already operational and supports secure cloud environments for agencies including the U.S. Marine Corps, DCSA, and NRO, helping deliver faster, more rigorous paths to Authorization to Operate (ATO). It ingests SBOMs and telemetry, contextualizes vulnerabilities, and autogenerates POA&Ms and NIST-800 documentation—all at scale, with thousands of scans run. 'The future of ATO is autonomous, continuous, and contextual,' said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. 'SWFT is a turning point for how we manage software risk in government. We're proud to contribute our experience and technology to help accelerate secure software to the mission edge.' The launch of SWFT follows growing recognition that traditional authorization processes are too slow and brittle for today's software-driven landscape. At AFCEA and in recent public remarks, DoD CISO Katie Arrington emphasized that the goal of SWFT is to 'remove the unnecessary bureaucracy and create a more streamlined, efficient way to do cybersecurity,' enabling faster, safer deployment of commercial technology. Knox's contributions to SWFT reflect a decade-long track record of enabling secure government software—from powering Adobe's federal cloud to pioneering AI-native risk assessment for the DoD. For media inquiries: [email protected] View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Knox Systems, Inc
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Knox Systems Backs DoD's SWFT Push to Fast-Track Secure Software
WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, May 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Knox Systems, the company behind the largest and longest-running FedRAMP and DISA-authorized SaaS cloud in the federal market, is proud to support the Department of Defense's Software Fast Track (SWFT) initiative—an effort to transform how software is assessed, authorized, and deployed across defense missions. As one of the first participants, Knox submitted responses to all three SWFT RFIs—Tools, External Assessment Methodologies, and Automation & AI —outlining how its AI-native platform, KnoxAI, delivers real-time, mission-aware risk assessments and automates compliance at scale. KnoxAI is already operational and supports secure cloud environments for agencies including the U.S. Marine Corps, DCSA, and NRO, helping deliver faster, more rigorous paths to Authorization to Operate (ATO). It ingests SBOMs and telemetry, contextualizes vulnerabilities, and autogenerates POA&Ms and NIST-800 documentation—all at scale, with thousands of scans run. "The future of ATO is autonomous, continuous, and contextual," said Irina Denisenko, CEO of Knox Systems. "SWFT is a turning point for how we manage software risk in government. We're proud to contribute our experience and technology to help accelerate secure software to the mission edge." The launch of SWFT follows growing recognition that traditional authorization processes are too slow and brittle for today's software-driven landscape. At AFCEA and in recent public remarks, DoD CISO Katie Arrington emphasized that the goal of SWFT is to "remove the unnecessary bureaucracy and create a more streamlined, efficient way to do cybersecurity," enabling faster, safer deployment of commercial technology. Knox's contributions to SWFT reflect a decade-long track record of enabling secure government software—from powering Adobe's federal cloud to pioneering AI-native risk assessment for the DoD. For media inquiries:press@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Knox Systems, Inc
