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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: ourNHS: 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: ourNHS: InvestigationPressure mounts to scrap ‘failed’ contact tracing contracts as renewal loomsSerco and SITEL staff have been told to expect more work, despite disappointing delivery of the first five months of...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationSocial care at home – the forgotten emergency?Disabled people have seen their support cut or frozen as councils have used legal loopholes created by emergency...
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Published in: ourNHSThe fiendishly difficult but rather informative Test and Trace quizHow much do you actually know about England's COVID-19 test and trace system?
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Published in: ourNHS: 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: ourNHS: 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: OpinionIt started as £1. Now it’s £1 million. Where’s the mandate for letting Palantir into our NHS?Big Tech firms are getting their feet further under the NHS's table, with very little accountability.
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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: ourNHS: InvestigationFresh concerns over privacy and profit in NHS COVID data dealsDocuments released to openDemocracy suggest tech firms will profit from controversial deals – and that government...
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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: ourNHS: OpinionWe must be told what Cummings and Palantir are doing with NHS dataWhy 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: ourNHSWe need urgent answers about the massive NHS COVID data dealWhy is the UK government refusing to release details of its ‘unprecedented’ data transfer to US tech giants? If we...