What's the difference between Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus?

Cyber Essentials is a verified self-assessment against five security controls. Cyber Essentials Plus tests the same controls with a hands-on technical audit by a licensed assessor. You must hold Cyber Essentials before doing Plus.

Do you do the work, or just assess us?

We do the work. Foresight runs the gap analysis, carries out hands-on remediation, prepares the evidence and liaises with the assessor, so you pass first time rather than paying to re-sit a failed audit.

How much does Cyber Essentials cost?

The IASME assessment fee is tiered by size from around £320 + VAT and includes £25,000 cyber liability insurance for eligible UK businesses. Cyber Essentials Plus is scoped to your estate, typically from around £1,380 + VAT.

Healthcare

AI adoption for hospices: practical help where it’s safe, nothing where it isn’t

AI can take real pressure off hard-pressed hospice teams — in fundraising, HR and finance — but clinical and patient data demand a careful, governance-first approach. We help hospices adopt AI safely, starting with what’s already happening.

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Why Foresight

Cyber Essentials Plus certified
Chairs the GM Hospice IT & IG Forum
Information-governance aware
Honest advice — not licence-selling

Quick answer

AI adoption for hospices means using AI where it genuinely helps — fundraising bids, HR policy queries, finance reporting — while keeping clinical and patient data firmly out of scope pending information-governance review. We start with an AI Readiness Audit: finding which AI tools staff already use, checking Microsoft 365 for over-sharing, and mapping tasks to the right tool. Then we fix governance and roll out only what’s safe and useful.

Governance first

Why hospices need a careful approach

Hospices hold some of the most sensitive data there is. Because Copilot surfaces anything a user can already access, over-shared files are a real risk — and clinical notes should stay out of scope until an information-governance review says otherwise. Done right, though, AI frees up time for the non-clinical work that keeps a hospice running.

Where AI helps in a hospice

Typical findings

Area	Where AI fits
Fundraising	Bid and grant writing → Copilot or a drafting agent
HR	Repetitive policy queries → an FAQ agent
Finance	Reporting and analysis → Excel Copilot
Clinical notes	Out of scope — pending information-governance review

How we keep it safe

Governance built in

We tidy tenant permissions and sharing, apply sensitivity labels, put a clear AI usage policy in place, and complete any DPIA — aligned with the new AI-in-scope Cyber Essentials rules. As chair of the GM Hospice IT & IG Forum, we understand hospice information governance from the inside. It starts with a fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit; see also our wider AI adoption service.

FAQs

Common questions

Can hospices use AI safely?

Yes — for the right tasks. Fundraising, HR and finance work are good fits; clinical and patient data stays out of scope pending an information-governance review. The key is doing the governance groundwork first.

Where does AI help a hospice most?

Typically fundraising bid writing, HR policy queries and finance reporting — the time-consuming, non-clinical work. We map this precisely in the AI Readiness Audit.

What about patient and clinical data?

It’s kept firmly out of scope until information governance signs it off. We draw clear lines around the data AI must never touch and make sure your tenant enforces them.

Do we need an AI policy and DPIA?

Yes — a clear AI acceptable-use policy and, where personal data is involved, a DPIA. We help you put both in place.

How do we start?

With a fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit that shows what staff already use, where AI helps, and what to fix — with information governance built in from the start.

Give your hospice team time back — safely

Start with a fixed-fee AI Readiness Audit, with information governance built in from day one.

Book an AI Readiness Audit Call 0161 738 1399