Dafydd Vaughan
@daivaughan.uk
Geek. Cymru. Digital technology specialist. Consulting Practice CTO at Public Digital. Independent Member for Digital at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Co-founder of GDS. Views my own.
Contrast this with The Guardian’s reporting… “The authors did not find that overdiagnosis was occurring at scale” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism care soars, inquiry finds
England-focused review led by Prof Peter Fonagy returns stark warning and calls for shift to ‘needs-led’ system
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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 5d agoADHD and autism at risk of over-diagnosis, says government review
🚨 TONIGHT 🚨 Join us for Transform Gov Talks Cymru from @transformgovtalks.bsky.social & @transform.wales! We'll hear from: - Welsh Revenue Authority (a user-centred approach to the visitor accommodation register) - Shared Resource Service (giving council tax a C21 facelift) - Transform Wales
TGT Cymru: TransformGov Talks x Transform Wales · Luma
We're delighted to be working with Transform Wales to bring TransformGov Talks to Wales for the first time. Join us for three talks: Catherine Elms and Neil…
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My latest on the AI and cyber stuff www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-pac...
AI pacing: the call and the claim
The Anthropic boss chose a very sloppy, easily dismantled example from cyber security with which to lead his call to pace the frontier. That was a mistake, but shouldn't undermine the force of the int...
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Always good to know the emergency alerts have been sent. Of course, those of us who live in rural areas don’t get them because we have poor/no mobile signal.
I always suspected a UK government would eventually reverse course on "coding in public". So I've been backing up all government code. For six years. Today I finally generated a report on what has been deleted. Its much worse than I realised. github.com/uk-gov-mirro...
More than 24 hours into my journey home from an in-person work day in Liverpool. At least 2 more hours to go. Sometimes public transport is great. Sometimes it's absolute 💩. Power failure, displaced crew, train fault, points failure, damaged from a fire. All separate incidents, all in one journey.
There's a definite comparison with how Commercial Service is now an executive agency and trading fund and GDS just being PVAd onto the side of a few too many different departments.
When organisations face a major transformation, the default instinct is to plan a massive, multi-year roadmap. But all-or-nothing plans multiply your risk and starve projects of their most critical currency: trust. If you want to succeed, you must break the problem down into small slices.
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Anupama Ranawana@msamrc.bsky.social · 3mo agoIncredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...
Busy Saturday. Rabble rousing with our neighbours over a big local planning issue at 9am. Then off to Abergavenny Pride. Walked in the parade, bought some badges, had a drink. Melted.
This past 48 hours has been horrific. Out of nowhere, Dilys’s back went again. This was her 4th or 5th round of IVDD. We’ve lost count by now. But this one was different, no warning. So much pain. And she wouldn’t or couldn’t let us help her. We’ve been at the vets 3 times since Thursday night
Full blown rage before 7.30 trying to report (another) water leak to Dŵr Cymru. That was FAR harder than it needed to be. (We’ve had next to no water for more than 24 hours from another leak. Now there is one at the end of the road that has already been “fixed” 3 times this year)
Learning to pronounce someone's name correctly is a fundamental matter of respect. But the recent reaction to our new First Minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, shows how quickly that basic boundary breaks down when it comes to Welsh identity and language.
Diolch @daivaughan.uk for writing this. The number of swimming certificates and many other such things that were spelt wrong. “can i call you Helen?” Amazing we now have a Heledd as MS! I may invite her up to “Heledd Fest* on Ynysoedd Heledd (Hebredies) one day *does not really exist (yet…)
Dafydd Vaughan@daivaughan.uk · 5mo agoLearning to pronounce someone's name correctly is a fundamental matter of respect. But the recent reaction to our new First Minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, shows how quickly that basic boundary breaks down when it comes to Welsh identity and language.
Learning to pronounce someone's name correctly is a fundamental matter of respect. But the recent reaction to our new First Minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, shows how quickly that basic boundary breaks down when it comes to Welsh identity and language.
Heledd Fychan gets it. Arts, Health, Social Care, the Environment and Business are all intertwined. You cannot cut or invest in the Arts without consequences elsewhere.
Huw Marshall 🏴@huwmarshall.substack.com · 5mo agoHeledd Fychan making a very important point on cross portfolio working and the issue of silos within Welsh Government. Culture covers a range of important industries, joined up thinking has been missing in recent years.
A bit of Saturday morning reading... The new Welsh Gov has a "first 100-day plan", but I've been hearing people say that it's too short a time to delivery any meaningful change. I disagree - 100-days is a perfect opportunity to start building momentum and show a different way of working.
There's lots of important messaging in this new guidance from GDS / DSIT on AI, open code and vulnerability risk. In particular: "Private repositories can create a false sense of security" and "Openness can surface issues earlier" www.gov.uk/guidance/ai-...
AI, open code and vulnerability risk in the public sector
Guidance for safely publishing source code in the open, and reducing the risk of AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery.
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As the new First Minister and Cabinet set to work, a timely post from us at @transform.wales today on how 100 days is enough to prove a different way of governing. transform.wales/blog/2026/10...
100 days is enough to prove a different way of governing
Plaid Cymru’s ‘First 100 days’ plan sets out an ambitious vision for Wales. It talks about creating a more open and transparent government, adopting a ’test and learn’ approach to delivery, agreeing m...
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Results of the First Minister roll call: Rhun ap Iorwerth 44 Dan Thomas 34 Daran Millar 7 Rhun ap Iorwerth will now be formally nominated for appointment as First Minister. He will be the seventh individual, first Plaid member, and the first North Wales MS, to hold the post #Senedd #Devolution
60% of the new Plaid Cymru Members of the Senedd are women. 🥰
🚨 | First Senedd Results: First 6 seats: 🏴 PC: 2 (+2) ➡️ Reform: 2 (+2) 🌹 Labour: 1 (-2) 🌳 Conservative: 1 (-1)
Democratic duty done ✅. Dilys voted for more treats, belly rubs & naps. #DogsAtPollingStations #Senedd #Cymru
Heddiw, mae Cymru’n pleidleisio. Beth bynnag eich gwleidyddiaeth, ewch allan i bleidleisio yn etholiad y Senedd heddiw. Bydd y penderfyniadau sy’n cael eu gwneud dros y 5 mlynedd nesaf yn siapio ein GIG, ein cynghorau, ein heconomi a’n gwasanaethau cyhoeddus am genhedlaeth.
Today, Wales votes. Whatever your politics, please take the time to vote in the Senedd election. The decisions made over the next 5 years will shape our NHS, councils, economy, infrastructure and public services for a generation.
Today is an important day for public services in Wales. The outcome of today's election will affect how everything from the NHS, to education, from the environment to culture will be delivered for the next 4 years. Make sure you get out to vote before 10pm tonight. #Senedd #Etholiad
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