NHS digital
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Report back: Palantir debated in parliament
In the most significant parliamentary debate yet on the NHS Federated Data Platform in England, MP after MP – from Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Conservatives, the DUP, and independents – made the case that the government must use the break clause in Palantir’s contract and find a trustworthy alternative. It was an extraordinary… Continue reading
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Palantir and our NHS EXPOSED
Your medical records hold everything – from your diagnoses to your DNA. You share that information because you trust it’ll stay safe. But it’s not. It’s being handed straight to one of the most controversial and dangerous companies in the world: Palantir. Continue reading
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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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Single Patient Record (and ID cards…)
The Health Secretary has told his friends that the first part of his “Single Patient Record” will be rolled out by the end of the year. We expect this rollout will be a “pilot” of the now-merged Department of Health in England (i.e. DH and the “abolished” NHS England) using government powers to impose decisions… Continue reading
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NHS: Ahead of the 10 year plan
The NHS 10 year plan will be dragged by political priorities to focus on the first five years – what is easiest to be done in this Parliament for headlines. Even assuming the best of intentions, the imposition of Palantir, the abolition of NHS England, the single patient record, and the transformation to digital solely… Continue reading
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medConfidential Bulletin, 23rd July 2021
If you asked NHS Digital for opt-out forms and the forms didn’t show up, or took ages to arrive, people tell us that happened a lot. You can get forms from us here. We’d like to be able to tell you that you will have more information on the ‘GPDPR’ data scheme in the future than… Continue reading
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UK: medConfidential Bulletin, 11th June 2021
On 12 May, NHS Digital quietly announced there would be a new GP data collection, known as ‘GP Data for Planning and Research’, ‘GPDPR’ – or the #GPdataGrab, for clarity. NHS Digital and the Secretary of State, who on 6th April had Directed NHS Digital to run the scheme, hoped no-one would notice. Continue reading
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NHS data grab *delayed*
The Government has buckled and delayed the NHS data grab! The collection will now take place on September 1, 2021. Continue reading
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Matt Hancock has quietly told your GP to hand over your health data. Why?
The government wants your GP data, and it hasn’t given GPs much of a choice From 1 July this year, if you’re registered with a GP in England, the government will be taking a copy of every medical event your GP recorded on their systems since you first registered with them. (Your children’s records, too,… Continue reading
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⚠️ Biggest data grab in NHS history just weeks away
The Government has hatched a plan to copy the entire GP medical history from every patient in England to an NHS Digital database from July 1st 2021. Continue reading
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US spy firm at centre of sensitive NHS patient data grab
AstraZeneca, Microsoft and Amazon held talks on the creation of “an extraordinary and internationally unique resource”, a “single, national, standardised, event-based longitudinal record for Britain’s 65 million citizens Continue reading
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NHS: Matt Hancock Still Doesn’t Tell You How Your Data Is Used – December 2019
Since our last update, and our first update in 2014, what a Data Usage Report should contain has reached consensus. The NHS has made some progress – not that you as patients will have seen any of it – and while NHS Digital calls it a Statement, rather than a Report, that is probably a… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 