Health
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The debate around last week’s Palantir Debate in Westminster Hall
In the Westminster Hall debate on Palantir, the Minister insisted they’ll keep using Palantir, as Palantir becomes the new Fujitsu, with all the consequences that come over that Horizon. Continue reading
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Consequences of Apps for ID and in Health
This week, Phil joined Dr Marcus Baw on his ‘Everything Digital Health’ podcast to discuss ID cards, Healthcare and Privacy (amongst other things…) Continue reading
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Private profits sucked out of the NHS
Research by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) has found that out of £12 billion spent by the NHS on outsourcing to private companies over 2 years, £1.6 billion has leaked out in profits. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 13 April 2026
Monday, 13 April 2026 — GM Watch UK: Legal challenge to deregulation of “precision bred” GMOs A reminder that the High Court has confirmed that Beyond GM’s challenge to the Government’s deregulation of genetically modified “precision bred” organisms in food and farming will be heard at a rolled-up hearing over 12-13 May. This means the… Continue reading
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While We Prepare for Court, Government Prepares Gene-edited Dandelions
While We Prepare for Court, Government Prepares Gene-edited Dandelions We know things may have seemed quiet, but we’ve been very busy behind the scenes preparing for our case. We’ve now completed the second evidence stage of our judicial review. We’ve submitted additional witness statements and supporting material – over 800 pages in total – responding… Continue reading
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Ministers “explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract”
I have some very positive updates to share about the campaign to get Palantir out of the NHS. At the weekend, the Financial Times reported that “UK ministers have sought advice on triggering a break clause in Palantir’s contract as they come under mounting pressure to eject the controversial American company from NHS England data… Continue reading
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EVENT: The risks of Palantir in the NHS
Together with a range of leading human rights, health groups and unions, we have contributed to a landmark new briefing on the risks that US spy tech company Palantir poses to our NHS. Continue reading
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Palantir-NHS: Our Mandelson Palantir petition is snowballing – please share it
Since you signed the petition demanding a full investigation into Peter Mandelson’s dealings with US Spy Tech corporation Palantir, the issue has continued to gain momentum. Continue reading
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Our lawyers have sent their dossier to the Prof Standards Authority
Stop misleading patients – Physician Associates cannot replace doctors Continue reading
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Peter Mandelson and Palantir
You’ll have seen the news about Peter Mandelson — allegations of leaked government secrets, the payments from Jeffrey Epstein, emails advising US bankers to “threaten” the UK government, the police investigation, the resignation from the House of Lords. But there’s a question that isn’t yet being investigated: what did Mandelson do for Palantir? Continue reading
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URGENT: UK about to cave to Trump & big pharma’s demands
It’s been reported this morning that the UK government is preparing to dramatically increase the price the NHS pays for medicines. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 3 October 2025
Friday, 3 October 2025 — GM Watch RIP Dame Jane Goodall We were sad to hear of the death, at the age of 91, of the primatologist Dame Jane Goodall. She was a pioneer researcher into animal sentience, especially as it related to her beloved chimpanzees, which she observed in their natural habitat. She outraged… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 15 September 2025
Monday, 15 September 2025 — GM Watch Game-changing gene-edited products coming soon to UK supermarkets due to Brexit? Er… maybe not According to a GMO-boosterish article in the Telegraph, “Britain’s first genetically-edited (GE) foods will be on supermarket shelves in the new year as a result of Brexit freedoms. Crops which have been genetically edited… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 11 September 2025
Thursday, 11 September 2025 — GM Watch Are GMOs safe? A molecular geneticist speaks out Are genetically engineered foods safe? In an interview with Stacy Malkan of US Right to Know, the leading molecular genetics expert Prof Michael Antoniou discusses the scientific evidence behind health concerns tied to GM corn and pesticides, how GMOs are… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 28 August 2025
Thursday, 28 August 2025 — GM Watch New Zealand: GM not needed to reduce methane emissions from cows Why risk contaminating New Zealand with GMOs when nature already has the answers? In a video clip, dairy farmer Paul Bosher explains why Crown Research Institute (publicly funded) scientists are pushing GMOs, even though there are other… Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 20 August 2025
Wednesday, 20 August 2025 — GM Watch Regulators use double standards when evaluating scientific evidence indicating harm UK, US and European regulatory institutions have for many years been repeatedly subjecting evidence of possible harm from constituents of our food supply to severe critical scrutiny, while accepting seemingly reassuring studies and data uncritically, a new peer-reviewed… Continue reading
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Killing not Care
Module 6 of the Inquiry has just completed taking evidence and much of it has been very harrowing. BiologyPhenom, whose daily substack articles covered the Scottish Inquiry’s care module last year, has also been reporting daily from the latest UK sessions. Continue reading
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Re: Palantir in the NHS
Monday, 11 August 2025 — Just Treatment My name is Rhiannon and I’m an NHS doctor. Today I’m reaching out to raise the alarm about what is happening to patient health data, and what you can do about it. Continue reading
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GM Watch Daily Digest 7 August 2025
Thursday, 7 August 2025 — GM Watch GM microorganisms pose huge challenges for risk assessment and governance A recent review by researchers from Environment Agency-Austria, Austrian Academy of Sciences and the German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation identifies critical biosafety and wider governance risks of environmental applications of genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs), including those developed… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 