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The Space Around the Thing - Leeds Digital Festival

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dxw @dxw.com · 7d

How can Higher Education institutions get genuine benefits from AI?

This first blog post co-authored by Lola Harre at dxw and Madiha Khan at Educate Ventures Research shares 2 practical frameworks and real-world examples to help the sector turn AI experiments into lasting impact 👉 tr.ee/M4luJf

dxw @dxw.com · 7d

There's still time to grab a last minute ticket for this great #HealthTech panel discussion at midday today.

Hear about the behind-the-scenes work that's essential to delivering better digital health services👇

#LeedsDigitalFestival #LeedsDigi25

dxw @dxw.com · 14d

There’s just one week to go until our session on ‘The Space Around the Thing’ at Leeds Digital Festival 2025 leedsdigi.bsky.social!

This virtual session hosted by Marianne will focus on the hidden work involved in delivery impactful digital health services.

Register here 👉 tr.ee/64iZWzEq0V

The invisible work that goes into delivering impactful digital health services The latest spending review reiterated the Government’s focus on improving health outcomes nationally. Key strategies to s...

The Space Around the Thing - Leeds Digital Festival

dxw @dxw.com · 14d

There’s just one week to go until our session on ‘The Space Around the Thing’ at Leeds Digital Festival 2025 leedsdigi.bsky.social!

This virtual session hosted by Marianne will focus on the hidden work involved in delivery impactful digital health services.

Register here 👉 tr.ee/64iZWzEq0V

The invisible work that goes into delivering impactful digital health services The latest spending review reiterated the Government’s focus on improving health outcomes nationally. Key strategies to s...

Building the future of Breast Screening Reporting

dxw @dxw.com · 16d

“By improving reporting in NHS England, our team is working towards administrative cost savings for the breast screening programme as well as better reuse and interoperability of data”

Melissa’s blog post introduces the work the Breast Screening Reporting team is carrying out at NHSE bit.ly/48sr4li

Melissa shares how we’re helping the NHS modernise breast screening reporting—making it quicker, easier, and more consistent for teams to access and use data.

AI for Grantmakers peer group meeting - CAST

dxw @dxw.com · 19d

Still not sure if @ukcharitycamp.bsky.social is for you? Harry's here to shed some light on what it's all about.

This year's event takes place this year on 13th November in Birmingham. Get your free tickets here 👉 tr.ee/1e3pVbRaOg

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smcdoyle.bsky.social @smcdoyle.bsky.social · 20d

Prototyping digital credentials for care leavers @harrytrimble.bsky.social #sdingov

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dxw @dxw.com · 22d

This summer, Mary Henes at the Martingale Foundation and Harry Harrold at @neontribe.bsky.social worked on a project exploring thoughtful AI use in fundraising.

Keen to hear more about it? Register below for tomorrow's peer group meeting hosted by @techforgoodcast.bsky.social 👉 tr.ee/ofcT7D

An open invitation for funders of all sizes to come together as peers, exploring the opportunities and challenges of AI.

www.wearecast.org.uk

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dxw @dxw.com · 22d

Great to see the new series of TransformGov talks kicking off next week👇

transformgovtalks.bsky.social @transformgovtalks.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 6PM, WED 24 September 🚨

Join us at the MoJ or online

* Dr Moira Nicolson & Holly Marquez "Failing Forward: Why Planning for AI Disasters Unlocks Breakthrough Innovation"
* Ben Sauer "Always Be Creating Clarity: Daily habits for strategic storytelling"

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TransformGov Talks : September 2025 · Luma

Dr Moira Nicolson, Lead Behavioural Scientist (Cabinet Office) and Honorary Research Fellow (UCL) plus Holly Marquez, Senior Behavioural Scientist, (Cabinet…

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dxw @dxw.com · 26d

Our latest newsletter is out! 📬

This month we hear from our team working with NHS England about trust, influence, and relationship-building in digital healthcare transformation, and there are some interesting upcoming events that dxw-ers are hosting 👉 tr.ee/dxw-septembe...

dxw @dxw.com · Sep 8

Heading to this year's @sdingov.bsky.social conference? Be sure to check out Harry’s session on 18th September.

He'll be sharing prototypes and diving deeper into what modern digital government could look like in practice tr.ee/JWRE3W

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dxw @dxw.com · Sep 3

Our team working with NHS England are back with the second in their series of blog posts about ‘The space around the thing’. Jane zooms in on how trust, influence, and relationship-building are just as critical as good technology in delivering impactful public health services 👉 tr.ee/XI9Xg7

The hidden fundamentals of digital transformation in healthcare: How to roll out nationally in a local system

Jane explains how digital transformation in healthcare isn’t just about technology — it’s about trust, relationships, and shared purpose. Rolling out nationally means navigating people, systems, and i...

AI for the public sector: using what we know

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dxw @dxw.com · Sep 1

Take a look at Lola’s latest blog post on using AI for the public sector, where she talks about building on what we already know while not losing sight of the real-world outcomes that should underpin all of our work in digital 👉 www.dxw.com/2025/06/ai-f...

Lola looks at the use of AI in the public sector and how we can use the skills we already have in a new context to build services that work for everyone.

The Space Around the Thing - Leeds Digital Festival

dxw @dxw.com · Aug 29

In case you missed it, take another look at Head of Delivery, Chris’s latest blog on capability contracts – what they are, why they're useful, and how to get the most out of them as a client 👉 www.dxw.com/2025/06/as-a...

dxw @dxw.com · Aug 27

📢 The full programme for Leeds Digital Festival 2025 is now live! We’re pleased to be participating with a virtual session hosted by Service Design Principal Marianne, ‘The Space Around the Thing: Delivering impactful digital health services’ tr.ee/64iZWzEq0V

The invisible work that goes into delivering impactful digital health services The latest spending review reiterated the Government’s focus on improving health outcomes nationally. Key strategies to s...

Performance analysis through the agile lifecycle

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dxw @dxw.com · Aug 21

New blog post! 📣 Performance Analyst Melissa talks about the importance of knowing how well (or not) your digital project or service is doing at all stages of the agile lifecycle. And shares approaches that can flex with each stage.

Read here 👉 www.dxw.com/2025/08/perf...

Melissa shares her approach to performance analysis through the agile lifecycle

Why won’t my site update? A story in data

dxw @dxw.com · Aug 20

We’re excited to have our principal interaction designer Harry Scott-Trimble hosting a session at this year’s @sdingov.bsky.social conference!

Harry will share what the new blueprint for modern digital government could mean for the services we all rely on govservicedesign.net/programme/ne...

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dxw @dxw.com · Aug 8

“I’ve updated my WordPress site, but no-one can see my changes – what went wrong?”

Sarah has the answer! Now on the blog, GovPress Service Lead Sarah talks about caching, and why it’s important for making sure dynamic sites stay functional.

Read here 👉 www.dxw.com/2025/08/why-...

Updated your WordPress site but don’t see the changes? it’s likely due to caching a feature that helps sites stay fast and reliable. Sarah's post uses real data to explain how caching works, why it ma...

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dxw @dxw.com · Aug 1

Our latest newsletter is out! 📬

In it, our CEO Dave talks about the 'digital public realm' and changing shape of public service provision, Marianne discusses the often invisible work involved in improving services, and GovPress developer James shares his career story 👉 mailchi.mp/dxw/june-new...

dxw @dxw.com · Jul 22

Up now on the blog, our CEO David Mann shares some thoughts on the different ways digital public services are now provided. And why this means a broadening of the focus for dxw’s work, so we can increase our impact in delivering our mission.

Read here 👉 www.dxw.com/2025/07/the-...

Teal coloured text graphic, with white text reading: By David Mann, The digital public realm and how we're increasing our impact.

First 30 days of technical performance analysis work at Department for Education

dxw @dxw.com · Jul 22

We've been working with DfE to improve the number, speed and results of data quality checks, to help improve the process for schools to apply and transfer to academy status.

Melissa shares what we achieved in our first 30 days working with the team👇

www.dxw.com/2025/07/firs...

Melissa shares how we've been helping the Department for Education increase the number, speed and results of data quality checks, leading to a more reliable and useful set of reports.

The space around the thing: why products alone won’t transform healthcare

dxw @dxw.com · Jul 22

Why products alone won’t transform healthcare

We're working with NHS England on digital screening, part of the focus on prevention to improve health outcomes. But how do we ensure success?

Marianne talks about the invisible work that goes into delivering impactful digital services 👉 bit.ly/40z6NWo

Marianne introduces the first in a series of blog posts on the space around the thing - the invisible work that goes into delivering digital public services

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Digital Inclusion News - July 2025 - Digital Inclusion Toolkit

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Digital Inclusion Toolkit @diginclusionkit.bsky.social · Jul 22

Highlights of this month's digital inclusion news in our latest roundup 👉 digitalinclusionkit.org/digital-incl... #localgov @dxw.com

Webinar next week on applying to the government’s Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund.

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