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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionControversial ‘spy tech’ firm Palantir lands £23m NHS data dealExclusive: UK government sneaks through new COVID data contract, despite legal challenges.
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionThe terrifying truth about those deciding the future of the NHSThe Tories are using the pandemic to reshape our health service – and so it’s up to us to protect our access to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationGPs ‘left in the dark’ over COVID vaccine rolloutExclusive: Doctors say there's no UK government plan in place; and that funding to transform surgeries into vaccine...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationRevealed: Boris Johnson’s controversial policy chief leading secretive NHS task forceMunira Mirza heading up group meeting ‘daily or weekly’ to plan ‘radical NHS shakeup’.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationDeloitte’s COVID ‘bonanza’: this is how much the British public has paid so farThe government has given the giant firm £40m to oversee 'failing' Test and Trace – with no sign of any contract. So...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionTrump or Biden, trade deals still threaten Britain’s NHSWhether a UK deal with an 'America First' president, or Biden’s more traditional global trade stance, battles ahead...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationSerco lands another £45m for ‘failing’ COVID Test and Trace schemeRevealed: Controversial firm has won previously unreported coronavirus testing contract – while critics label its...
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Published in: ourNHSReview: The COVID-19 Catastrophe: What’s gone wrong and how to stop it happening againColin Leys reviews a crisply delivered overview by Richard Horton, and finds the Lancet editor's criticisms of the...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationSerco and Sitel to get more public money despite track-and-trace fiascoA third of the workforce are to lose their jobs and fewer than half of contacts reached, but outsourcing giants will...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationWhy is the NHS so slow at tackling racism?Many BAME healthcare workers struggle to receive fair and legal treatment at work.
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUndermining public law is no way to protect public healthSafeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe mustn’t let Silicon Valley thinking infect our NHSSecretive COVID contracts show how big data firms are taking over our healthcare. What are they – and the British...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationPeople left without COVID-19 tests due to ID verification gapsTransUnion was commissioned to verify people’s identity so they can receive a home testing kit after developing...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionNo secret COVID-19 deals with big pharma, demands trial volunteerDetails of crucial vaccine trials should be made public, and guarantee no profiteering in future. Current...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationStay at home with no money for 2 weeks before hospital treatment, NHS patients toldopenDemocracy has uncovered a major new flaw in sick pay rules. Medics and experts slam the government for not...
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Published in: ourNHSUnder pressure, UK government releases NHS COVID data deals with big techHours before openDemocracy was due to sue, government releases massive data-sharing contracts with Amazon,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationUK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deathsRevealed: Hancock’s £60,000 scheme for bereaved families will accept ‘no liability’ for deaths – as lawyers warn...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: InvestigationExclusive: NHS using ‘flawed’ COVID-19 test – missing 25% of positivesHancock under pressure to resign as leaked documents show NHS is using knowingly flawed tests for coronavirus
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion‘Protect the NHS’ must not be another excuse to blame patientsScaring people away from using Britain’s National Health Service is a dangerous and toxic message - and now it’s...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionStop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failuresBoris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.