Summary as of Wednesday 1st July 2026

Future research and recruitment

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Completed Sprint 170(Yak)

Attribution:

Interesting facts about Yaks, they communicate through grunts, hence their nick name ‘grunting Ox’. They can walk within 10 minutes of birth.

Completed this Sprint: 170(Yak)

1) Fixed comments appearing outside the expected timeline. 2) Completed and demonstrated standard protocol test cases for editable and non-editable protocols ahead of the planned proof of concept. 3) Investigated options for building bulk downloads of Non-Technical Summaries. 4) Completed a spike on options to prevent critical ASPeL downloads from timing out. 5) Fixed a bug causing incorrect display of ‘See what’s changed’ in the training record. 6) Fixed incorrect change flag display in returned drafts before re-submission

Bugs done or closed this Sprint

New Sprint 171(Zigzag heron)

Attribution:

Interesting facts about zigzag herons: these birds have a peculiar habit of tail flicking when hunting.

Our goals for Sprint 171(zigzag heron)

1)Complete standard protocol Proof of Concept for Standard Protocol4 2)Create NTS bulk.docx download 3)Complete all remaining Named Person work to achieve 100% completion 4)Make required improvements to actions-tasks-metrics in ASPeL to support the business performance management work. 5)Create functionality to measure any improvements in standard protocols work post deployment of the minimum viable product. 6)Complete all outstanding comments display issues

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