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Published in: ourNHS: NewsUK government could face legal action over huge, secretive health databaseExclusive: Lawyers acting for openDemocracy have written to health secretary Sajid Javid demanding transparency over...
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisWhat the Tories want to do with our health data, and why we need to stop themBoris Johnson looks set on using our health data as a bargaining chip to keep his Brexit/US trade dream alive – but...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Analysis9 reasons Johnson’s plans don’t fix social careThe quality of care will still be relative to a person’s ability to pay for it
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsMillions opt out of England’s health data-sharing planNHS data-sharing scheme put on hold ‘indefinitely’ after public backlash to privacy concerns raised by openDemocracy
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionA 3% NHS pay ‘rise’ is a disgrace. Our health service needs proper investmentOne nurse speaks out on dire working conditions, low pay and the erosion of a vital public service
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsProtestors and doctors’ union call on MPs to block new English health billThe British Medical Association has come out in opposition to the Health and Care Bill, piling pressure on government
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisForget the spin – new English NHS bill is all about cutting our right to healthcare
Far from reversing the disastrous 2012 reforms, this new bill makes it even easier to axe and privatise services –...
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Published in: ourNHS: NewsProposed guidelines on childbirth ‘rushed and racist’, midwives sayMedics will be encouraged to offer inductions to all pregnant women of colour, if NICE’s draft proposals go ahead
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Published in: ourNHS: ExplainerYour top 12 questions on England’s GP data grab – answered
We address openDemocracy readers’ biggest concerns about the upcoming data grab – including what opting out means,...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionImagine! Hancock’s GP data grab is not about saving livesThe health secretary says his plans will put us in control of our health data and suggests no one but our clinicians...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionLegal threat sharpens over UK government plans to harvest patient data from GPsopenDemocracy and campaigners threaten injunction over the largest seizure of personal medical records in NHS...
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Published in: ourNHSPetition: Don't share our health data for profitNHS patients want privacy, not privatisation. We call on the English health secretary to:drop the 23 June deadline...
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisMatt Hancock has quietly told your GP to hand over your health data. Why?If you live in England, all your encounters with your GP – information about your physical, mental and sexual health...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWe’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with Palantir
And here’s what needs to happen now
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationUK women are being ‘used as guinea pigs’ by ‘abortion reversal’ doctorsopenDemocracy investigation reveals spread of controversial treatment that claims to ‘reverse’ abortions, supported...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationWomen disproportionately affected by soaring Mental Health Act detentionsThe number of women being detained under Section 2 rose by more than 25% in some areas of England, according to...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with PalantirThe UK government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy did the government say revealing NHS plans is not in the public interest?The government has denied my Freedom of Information requests. At this rate, we’ll know who is redesigning the NHS...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionBig Pharma’s finest hour?The roll-out of COVID vaccines gives much-needed hope. But without fundamental reform of the drug industry,...
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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.