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BBC News
4 days ago
- 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 The Ellen Badger Hospital in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, was demolished in 2022 and has been replaced by outpatient services, with beds transferred elsewhere in the county.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
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 Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Celebrate National Space Day with free STEM fun at the Space Foundation Discovery Center
(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Space Foundation Discovery Center, in partnership with Space Workforce for Tomorrow (SWFT), is celebrating National Space Day with two weeks of STEM excitement leading up to a free public event on Saturday, May 3. Alex Grab, the Director of Offsite Programming at the Space Foundation, joined FOX21's Krista Witiak to share what families can expect. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., families can enjoy hands-on science activities, space exhibits, and an astronaut meet-and-greet with Lt. Col. Scott 'Kidd' Poteet (Ret.) at the Discovery Center in Colorado Springs. Leading up to the big day, astronauts and educators are visiting local schools to bring STEM learning directly to students. Thanks to support from sponsors like RTX and Arcfield, all events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit or follow @SFDiscoveryCenter on social media. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
