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  Published in: ourNHS: Investigation

  Why is the NHS so slow at tackling racism?

  Published on: 7 August 2020

  Written by: Victoria Noble All articles by Victoria Noble

  Many BAME healthcare workers struggle to receive fair and legal treatment at work.

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  Undermining public law is no way to protect public health

  Published on: 6 August 2020

  Written by: David Rowland All articles by David Rowland

  Safeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  We mustn’t let Silicon Valley thinking infect our NHS

  Published on: 5 August 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Secretive 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: Investigation

  People left without COVID-19 tests due to ID verification gaps

  Published on: 29 July 2020

  Written by: Sian Norris All articles by Sian Norris

  TransUnion was commissioned to verify people’s identity so they can receive a home testing kit after developing...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  No secret COVID-19 deals with big pharma, demands trial volunteer

  Published on: 29 July 2020

  Written by: Luigi Ceccaroni All articles by Luigi Ceccaroni

  Details of crucial vaccine trials should be made public, and guarantee no profiteering in future. Current...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  It started as £1. Now it’s £1 million. Where’s the mandate for letting Palantir into our NHS?

  Published on: 16 July 2020

  Written by: Cori Crider All articles by Cori Crider

  Big Tech firms are getting their feet further under the NHS's table, with very little accountability.

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  Published in: ourNHS: Investigation

  Stay at home with no money for 2 weeks before hospital treatment, NHS patients told

  Published on: 14 July 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  openDemocracy has uncovered a major new flaw in sick pay rules. Medics and experts slam the government for not...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Investigation

  Fresh concerns over privacy and profit in NHS COVID data deals

  Published on: 19 June 2020

  Written by: Mary Fitzgerald All articles by Mary Fitzgerald

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Documents released to openDemocracy suggest tech firms will profit from controversial deals – and that government...

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  Published in: ourNHS

  Under pressure, UK government releases NHS COVID data deals with big tech

  Published on: 5 June 2020

  Written by: Mary Fitzgerald All articles by Mary Fitzgerald

  Written by: Cori Crider All articles by Cori Crider

  Hours before openDemocracy was due to sue, government releases massive data-sharing contracts with Amazon,...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  We must be told what Cummings and Palantir are doing with NHS data

  Published on: 4 June 2020

  Written by: Paul Mason All articles by Paul Mason

  Why is a firm backed by the CIA, and founded by a Trump-supporting billionaire, getting access to a massive store of...

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  Published in: ourNHS

  We need urgent answers about the massive NHS COVID data deal

  Published on: 7 May 2020

  Written by: Mary Fitzgerald All articles by Mary Fitzgerald

  Written by: Cori Crider All articles by Cori Crider

  Why is the UK government refusing to release details of its ‘unprecedented’ data transfer to US tech giants? If we...

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Investigation

  UK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deaths

  Published on: 30 April 2020

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Revealed: Hancock’s £60,000 scheme for bereaved families will accept ‘no liability’ for deaths – as lawyers warn...

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  Published in: ourNHS: Investigation

  Revealed: Warnings of UK’s ‘inferior’ COVID-19 tests made two months ago

  Published on: 24 April 2020

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Matt Hancock under pressure to explain why the UK is still using tests that may ‘propagate’ the epidemic.

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Investigation

  Exclusive: NHS using ‘flawed’ COVID-19 test – missing 25% of positives

  Published on: 20 April 2020

  Written by: James Cusick All articles by James Cusick

  Hancock 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 patients

  Published on: 6 April 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Scaring 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: Opinion

  Stop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failures

  Published on: 28 March 2020

  Written by: Adam Ramsay All articles by Adam Ramsay

  Boris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  We must undo a decade of disastrous NHS reforms

  Published on: 26 March 2020

  Written by: Ameen Kamlana All articles by Ameen Kamlana

  Covid-19 shows how our health service has been undermined

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  Published in: openDemocracyUK: Opinion

  "We are being treated as cannon fodder”

  Published on: 19 March 2020

  Written by: Guddi Singh All articles by Guddi Singh

  After a decade of austerity, NHS doctors feel they have been abandoned by the government in the face of Covid-19

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  Published in: ourNHS: Opinion

  The entire UK may come to regret Sunak’s inadequate coronavirus budget

  Published on: 11 March 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Vaccinating only part of the economy does little to improve collective resilience and protect public health.

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  Published in: ourNHS

  Will Big Tech save the NHS – or eat it alive?

  Published on: 3 March 2020

  Written by: Caroline Molloy All articles by Caroline Molloy

  Technophile politicians and tech companies are making big promises. But the broader impact of the digital...