by Mevish Khalid | Sep 14, 2026 | Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government
**This blog was written by Jay Prajapati** How does innovation actually happen? One of the things I have learned early during my placement at iStandUK is that innovation is rarely about finding the perfect answer straight away. I am learning that innovation often...
by Mevish Khalid | Aug 25, 2026 | Application of Standards, Case Studies, Data Standards, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government, SAVVI
The Scalable Approach to Vulnerability Via Interoperability (SAVVI) framework has reached a major milestone with the rapid progress of our first dedicated SAVVI Team in Scotland. Established in September 2025 in partnership with the Improvement Service, this...
by Mevish Khalid | Aug 24, 2026 | iStandUK News, Latest News, OpenReferralUK, SAVVI
As momentum builds nationally around improving how public services share, use and standardise data, iStandUK is preparing for a pivotal season of delivery and engagement. To ensure we have the strategic governance required to meet these growing ambitions, we recently...
by Mevish Khalid | Jul 28, 2026 | Data Standards, iStandUK News, Latest News, Local Government, SAVVI
The SAVVI (Scalable Approach to Vulnerability Via Interoperability) team is thrilled to celebrate a significant milestone for public sector data sharing and early intervention. The UK Government’s Digital Service (GDS) and Data Standards Authority (DSA), alongside the...
by Mevish Khalid | Jul 17, 2026 | Data Sharing, Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, SAVVI
**This blog post was written by Nicholas Oughtibridge, Standards Specialist at Open Referral UK The Problem We Need to Solve Public services need to share information across organisational boundaries more than ever before. Local authorities, NHS organisations,...
by Mevish Khalid | Jun 26, 2026 | Community, Data Standards, Interoperability, iStandUK News, Latest News, Open Data, OpenReferralUK
**This blog post was written by Nicholas Oughtibridge, Standards Specialist at Open Referral UK The Open Referral Validator is a tool designed to help developers and data architects verify that their service directories strictly conform to the Open Referral standard....