I was back last year and think Belgrade and Serbia are great, but it doesn't take much to come across both pro Western and pro Russian strains in the community. 4/4

People who would never speak on public transport talking to one another. The local music scene was really vibrant, an impression of lots of young people without jobs picking up a guitar 3/n

Bomb damage at the buildings you've photographed + a few more such as the state TV hq. Some young pro west young people told me about how unifying it was when they were being bombed 2/n

I went into Serbia just a few weeks after the fall of Milosevic. The new govt had asked for British help with untangling some questionable arrangements in the telecoms sector 1/n

While it's still early days (we're not yet thro a full contracting round under the new rules), the small no. of referrals to the Panel in 2024 is a great achievement, and a testament to the work of procurement professionals across the NHS and local govt. (3/3)

Since PSR's intro in Jan 2024, several thousand contracts have been awarded for hospital, community health, mental health and public health services. But, from these thousands of award decisions only 4 disputes were referred to the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel in 2024 (2/3)

While it's still early days (we're not yet thro a full contracting round under the new rules), the small no. of referrals to the Panel in 2024 is a great achievement, and a testament to the work of procurement professionals across the NHS and local govt. (3/3)

Since PSR's intro in Jan 2024, several thousand contracts have been awarded for hospital, community health, mental health and public health services. But, from these thousands of award decisions only 4 disputes were referred to the Independent Patient Choice and Procurement Panel in 2024 (2/3)

Still early days for the new NHS procurement rules, but this may be a sign that the new regime is working well