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In the news: Cambridge AI start-up scales from a single pilot to 15 NHS trusts

Digital Health covers CompliMind’s growth from a single NHS pilot to 15 NHS trusts.

Digital Health

In the news: Somerset NHS Foundation Trust saves hours with AI tool

Somerset County Gazette reports that Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has saved more than 400 staff hours each month using CompliMind.

Somerset County Gazette

In the news: CompliMind progresses to 18 NHS trusts after 18 months

Cambridge Independent reports on CompliMind’s progress supporting 18 live NHS trust deployments after 18 months.

Cambridge Independent

In the news: CompliMind expands from a single NHS pilot to 18 live deployments

Business Weekly covers CompliMind’s expansion from its first NHS pilot to 18 live deployments.

Business Weekly

Blog #16: Explaining this year's PAM to your board

The 2025/26 PAM changes will make your reported position look worse. We’ve built a board paper template that explains why that’s expected, acceptable, and more useful than the amber it replaced.

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #15: What PAM was always meant to be - and why the 2025/26 changes bring it back

The NHS PAM shift from graded assurance to binary compliance returns the model to its founding purpose, at the moment the technology finally exists to deliver on it.

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #14: Beyond HBNs - how local context and experience shape mental health units

Why NHS estates and infrastructure leadership matter at board level, and what tech companies get right about governance.

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

The Danger of ‘Mostly Right’

There are two ways software can fail. It can fail loudly, or it can fail quietly.

Dr. Jan H. Blümel

Blog #13: What Mark Zuckerberg made me rethink about estates leadership on NHS boards

On my Sunday morning run, I was listening to one of my favourite podcasts, Acquired. In an episode with Mark Zuckerberg, he talked about what defines a technology…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #12: The Technicians Keeping the NHS Running: Why Their Knowledge Matters

Part 4: EFM Technicians

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #11: Keeping the Lights On: Three Perspectives from the Front Line of NHS Estates

Part 4: EFM Managers

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #10: Two paths to leadership in NHS Estates: Richard Reserved and Natalie Networker

Part 3: Heads of Estates

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #9: Two Faces of Leadership in NHS Capital, Estates, and Facilities

Part 2: Directors of Capital, Estates, and Facilities

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #8: Knowledge in Action: Persona Profiles of NHS EFM Staff

Part 1: Authorising Engineers

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #7: When fear drives decisions: How COVID exposed the NHS's reactive infrastructure planning

Last week, I wrote about how bureaucracy slows decisions across NHS Estates and Facilities Management. This week, I want to show what that looks like in an emergency,…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #6: How bureaucracy is slowing decision-making & efficiency in NHS EFM teams

In recent weeks, I explored how human resource bottlenecks limit time for reflection, collaboration and knowledge sharing among NHS EFM staff. This week, I'm diving into…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #5: Why workforce shortages block efficiency, wellbeing, and innovation in the NHS

Staff across NHS Estates and Facilities Management (EFM) teams know the problem too well: there’s simply not enough time. In the first round of my Delphi study,…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #4: Why NHS EFM staff can't share what they know

The NHS is one system. Everyone has an NHS email address. Everyone works for the same ultimate goal: patient care. Yet staff in one hospital can't easily get in touch…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #3: What knowledge is actually important in NHS EFM: the 5 key insights

When I started researching what knowledge actually matters in NHS Estates and Facilities Management (EFM), I expected a fairly simple pattern: technicians need…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #2: How knowledge flows (or doesn’t flow) through the NHS

Healthcare infrastructure isn’t just about policies, procedures, or technical manuals gathering dust on shelves. Often, the knowledge that keeps hospitals (and all other…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr

Blog #1: Why knowledge sharing is critical for NHS Estates and Facilities

When I began researching knowledge sharing in NHS Estates and Facilities Management (EFM), it was because during the first wave of COVID-19, I had seen first-hand the…

Dr. Carl-Magnus von Behr