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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with Palantir
The government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy...
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Published in: 50.50Higher risks, little support: Giving birth while Black and Asian in COVID-19 England
Women of colour are at higher risk of dying in childbirth and because of coronavirus. But the NHS has been slow to respond.
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationStay at home with no money for 2 weeks before hospital treatment, NHS patients told
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: InvestigationFresh concerns over privacy and profit in NHS COVID data deals
Documents 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 tech
Hours 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 data
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: democraciaAbierta: OpinionPandemic politics, oligarchic times and the idiotic subject of ‘freedom’
To radically transform our way of life we need to construct the public spaces at all levels in order to have a...
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Published in: ourNHSWe need urgent answers about the massive NHS COVID data deal
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: InvestigationUK government preparing to fight costly negligence claims over NHS staff deaths
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: OpinionTories target Northern voters with NHS message all about blaming migrants
A shocking leaflet sent out in Tory/Labour battlegrounds has “racist undertones”. NHS workers and experts call it...
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationThe President, the US private health giant, and top NHS officials – special relationships?
US private healthcare firm Optum has been ‘planting seeds’ in the English NHS for a decade, new research exposes.
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Published in: ourNHSStriking to stop the NHS and outsourcing firms exploiting migrant workers
Migrant workers are too often treated as second class workers despite doing vital NHS jobs. They are fighting back...
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Published in: ourNHSWhat did Hunt do to the NHS – and how has he got away with it?
There are two stories about Jeremy Hunt. The nice, sensible guy whose only mistake was upsetting the junior doctors....
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Published in: ourNHSHow NHS staff are fighting back against the ‘hostile environment’
The Daily Mail's claims of our success are sadly premature - but the "patients not passports" campaign is indeed growing.
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Published in: ourNHSThe latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?
Private healthcare firms have just been offered a substantial say in deciding how billions of pounds of NHS mental...
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Published in: ourNHSTime for Big Pharma to stop hiding behind “R&D” to justify astronomical costs
Campaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have...
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Published in: ourNHSBrexit means the NHS on a platter in trade deals - and both main parties are ducking crucial questions
Both a hard Tory Brexit or a soft Labour one would worsen every aspect of the NHS crisis, from staffing to drug...
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Published in: ourNHSTen common arguments: reframing the NHS debate
The NHS's values are under attack, even more than its funding is. NHS campaigners need to be sure to frame their...
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Published in: ourNHSDoctors' leaders call on government to halt NHS migrant charges
The Royal College of Physicians have today joined with other Royal Colleges to call on the government to suspend...
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Published in: ourNHSBrexit or no Brexit, life-changing medicines already aren’t getting through
Big Pharma is hurting the NHS at its core – here's what we need to do, if we're bold enough.