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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NHSE still outright refuses to tell the patients involved that their records were abused… sufficient to suspend staff, not sufficient to tell the victims news.sky.com/video/nhs-ch...
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NHS changes rules on snooping staff after Sky News investigation
NHS Chief Executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to NHS hospitals telling them that any staff suspected of breaching medical records should now be immediately suspended while an investigation takes plac...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Clinical trials - Dexamethsaone vs the fifteenth baldness pill medconfidential.org/2026/clinica...
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Clinical Trials – Dexamethasone vs the fifteenth baldness pill | medConfidential
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Dave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Full picture of the widespread data breaches being commited by NHS staff - excl investigation from HSJ @zoetidman.bsky.social with Sky News www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/ex...
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Exclusive: Hundreds sacked for snooping on patient records
More than 200 NHS staff have been sacked and around 2,000 others sanctioned for inappropriately viewing patient records over the past five years, HSJ can reveal.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 08/09/2026
'It's sickening': Mother of Nottingham attack victim on NHS data breach
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'It's sickening': Mother of Nottingham attack victim on NHS data breach
Emma's son Barnaby Webber was killed in the 2023 Nottingham attacks.
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 10/08/2026
Well said #NationalDataGuardian Dr Nicola Byrne: "This incident has shown how quickly confidence erodes if the ‘no surprises’ principle [of NHS data use] is not upheld when it comes to who can access people’s data, and why.” www.publictechnology.net/2026/08/03/h... @medconfidential.bsky.social
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NHS apologises and admits Palantir engineers have access to identifiable patient data
The central health service body has acknowledged the inaccuracy of claims previously made in a transparency document which indicated that only NHS staff were able to see such sensitive information ...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Adolescent Health Study, “a bit like UK Biobank” medconfidential.org/2026/adolesc...
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The Adolescent Health Study: reckless and designed for catastrophe, “a bit like UK Biobank” | medConfidential
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
🚨 EXC: NHS England has suppressed the work of investigators carrying out dozens of national clinical audits. NHSE has stopped investigators alerting media, watered down recommendations and limited the way their reports are written, published and used: www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
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NHS accused of suppressing investigation reports on poor care
Health bosses are watering down auditors’ recommendations for improvement
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This is an important role - National Data Guardian. Advises the health and care system so people’s information is kept safe and confidential, and is shared when appropriate to achieve better outcomes for patients. £63k for 3.5 days a week apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9039
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Appointment details – National Data Guardian – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK
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raycorrigan.bsky.social @raycorrigan.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"If the Mandelson-Streeting-Palantir worldview is fully implemented, perhaps the advice may have to become: "Don't get sick, and if you do get sick, die quickly."" docs.google.com/document/d/1... @medconfidential.bsky.social assessment of the none too distant future NHS is intensely depressing
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NHS 2028 – The Trajectory of Current Decisions
NHS 2028 – The Trajectory of Current Decisions (from medConfidential) The Health Bill/Act of 2026 is expected to come into force for 2027, creating an all-powerful Department of Health in England whi...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
NHS England and DHSC forgot that data in the NHS doesn’t just belong to hospitals medconfidential.org/2026/ministe...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Wes Streeting’s legacy - wave bye bye to your GP, who you’ll only be allowed to see if the Government AI run by Palantir lets you. bsky.app/profile/theg...
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Donald Campbell @dncampbell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Really important investigation showing that the Govt's and Palantir's claims fall apart when they're subjected to scrutiny. And NHSE knows the numbers don't add up: "Over the course of four days of calls and emails, NHS England did not respond to any of the questions we sent them about the data".
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
How Burnham’s government can move away from Palantir medconfidential.org/2026/one-pla...
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A Plan for The Medium Goodbye to Palantir | medConfidential
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Seems apt today
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Some really crazy cases in here - cop looked up ex-girlfriend and family in Flock 100+ times - cop stalked wife giving "test" as reason - cop searched one plate 395 times in 10 months; was later fired Cops keep getting arrested for using Flock to stalk people www.404media.co/cops-keep-ge...
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Cops Keep Getting Arrested for Using Flock to Stalk People
There have been more than a dozen cases around the country where police use Flock to obsessively and illegally stalk people.
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
When ITCrowd Tom (in the other place) says Palantir can hold cancer patients hostage to keep the FDP contract, he’s currently right. Here’s what the NHS should do about it medconfidential.org/2026/one-pla...
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A Plan for The Medium Goodbye to Palantir | medConfidential
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The thing about online safety policy is that it basically breaks people's brains. I truly believe that at least some of the intense projection of adult anxiety onto young people reflects the relationship those adults have with their own devices and social media accounts
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
When they say “app”, the they mean only the app you get from Apple/Google stores. Other digital interfaces are being deprecated then will get funding cut and go away. bsky.app/profile/pete...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The UK Biobank report medconfidential.org/2026/rory-de...
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Biobank’s assurances get broken yet again | medConfidential
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We’ve seen the Biobank report with the UKB Board’s acceptance of the loss of personal data given to them by the NHS and others, and saying Biobank executives say that it wasn’t Biobank’s fault while being silent on who knew what when as it interviewed no other staff. More soon
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The National Data Guardian wasn’t told about Palantir staff having access to identifiable data www.gov.uk/government/n...
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National Data Guardian statement on NHS Federated Data Platform data access, in response to the Not With My NHS Data campaign
Response to concerns from the Not With My NHS Data campaign about access to patient data by external contractors in the NHS FDP and NDIT environment.
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Ministers decided to support the creeps and ghouls medconfidential.org/2026/second-...
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Second Reading of the Health Bill – enabling and empowering Ghouls and Creeps | medConfidential
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is very funny www.instagram.com/p/DYpgdyFE1EI/
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
If you want to read a debate epitomising the dysfunctional cartel around HDRUK, this shows how people can deeply care and completely miss the point that causes the concern. But it does show that the biobank concerns are systemic and toxic to other projects www.sciencemediacentre.org/the-biobank-...
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The Biobank Letters | Science Media Centre
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 15/05/2026
Heroic reporting by the FT, and robust in the face of a giant libel threat. But more importantly, heroic bravery of the women to come forward, tell their stories and offer to be witnesses.
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A first look at Wes Streeting’s final Bill for the NHS medconfidential.org/2026/wes-str...
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Wes Streeting’s final Bill | medConfidential
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Streeting Resigns - Yay! medconfidential.org/2026/streeti...
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Streeting resigns | medConfidential
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Something clearly happened tonight, but we have no idea what as yet…
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Julian Winn @winn-on-health.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
"This ⁠is not only about Palantir, hence we have referred to non-NHSE staff, but there is currently considerable public interest and concern about how ⁠much access to patient data Palantir/Palantir staff have," the briefing note viewed by the FT said. @medconfidential.bsky.social
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
What “authorised access for approved purposes” means - NHSE approved access to everything. Will apply to the Single Palantir Record too bsky.app/profile/drto...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The Single Palantir Record - all your medical notes, prescriptions, and DNA, accessible to whomever Streeting chooses, like he forced pandemic-only GP data to go to UK Biobank (who’ve lost data hundreds of times) bsky.app/profile/shau...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
It seems Mr Streeting is committed to his Single Palantir Record – all your medical notes, prescriptions and DNA under his personal control accessed from across the country. No wonder Palantir is on a PR offensive this week www.thetimes.com/article/3fee...
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GPs and hospitals ordered to share patient data under NHS bill
Legislation to create a single health record is set to be announced on Wednesday. Wes Streeting says it will save lives but doctors are ready to fight
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The same thinking is going to move the app away from open standards and the web interface, and force all teams to maintain both an android and iOS versions with all the extra work. E say it solves problems for one team in NHSE, so all other teams and users must suck it up… bsky.app/profile/medc...
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
We hear NHS England’s mid-level managment are having a panic about AI and naturally dash to secrecy. If the NHS walking away from transparency and open source would somehow inconvenience you, you may wish to send an email to england.engineering@nhs.net bsky.app/profile/marc...
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Marcus Baw @marcusbaw.com · 01/05/2026
#NHSEngland in the act of showing how little their leaders really understand #Cybersecurity, #technology, or #opensource. Sure, hide the source code. Break all kinds of stuff. You know that #Mythos doesn't need the source code to find a vulnerability, right? www.newscientist.com/article/2524...
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NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears
National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly available, but fears of computer-hacking AI models like Mythos have prompted a change in policy
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I am enjoying RF Kuang's Katabasis very much, esp these excellent reasons for going to Hell. #MoreOfACommentThanAQuestion
The procession of petty sins continued as they circled up the floors. Moore seemed to delight very much in explicating the moral failure of his fellow residents, for his hushed whispers nevertheless carried over the floors, eliciting the occasional peeved glare. "Now, that one self-published self-help productivity books.
"Calls himself a Communist, but hasn't read Das Kapital.
"Recites pi to show off.
"Had more of a comment, not a question.
"Wouldn't accept papers written in the first person.
"Turned his exam papers over very loudly.
"Still asks people what they got on their A-levels.
"Still tells people what he got on his A-levels.
"Made his wife call him Doctor. He's a medievalist, mind you.
"Now, that one keeps saying he went to school in Boston and expecting everyone to know what he means. Every few years the other Shades gang up on him and brick him up behind the stacks."
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🎼 “Sir Rory, data all be, on Ali Baba” can be sung to the tune of Prince Ali from Aladdin…  www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEry...
Commuting in oxford
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
150 staff had a look. And still the NHS & DHSC think staff creeping on patients is fine www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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'Abhorrent' hospital staff looked at Nottingham attacks victims' records
The bereaved families of the Nottingham attacks victims have accused some hospital staff of 'abhorrent voyeurism'
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This from @rocher.lc is very very funny biobank.rocher.lc
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UK Biobank health data keeps ending up on GitHub
Tracking DMCA takedown notices filed by UK Biobank against GitHub repositories where researchers accidentally published participant health data.
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squillace @squillace.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Straight away, this is ringing alarm bells for me, because it’s breaking almost all of Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington’s sensible principles for governance of public sector consultancy contracts – transparent pricing, a clear end date, knowledge transfer as part of the specification."
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I muse on what it is about Palantir's business model that triggers my spidey sense ... backofmind.substack.com/p/brain-dono...
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brain donors of the firm
giving it all away and paying for the privilege
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Cancer in cats, dogs, and humans (in that order?) medconfidential.org/2026/dog-can...
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Dog Cancer – is cancer treatment for your dog becoming better than treatment for your grandma, or your kids? | medConfidential
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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
The old adage "no one ever got fired for hiring IBM" could be usefully updated to "no one ever got fired for suggesting 'innovation'". Our institutions are in total thrall to the miracle prospect that this one weird trick will get rid of institutional belly fat, and it is really time to move on.
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Biobank screwed up again. medconfidential.org/2026/biobank...
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The latest (March 2026) Biobank mess (and consequences for everyone else) | medConfidential
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No2ID @no2id.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The Guardian have one mockup of the new app and what ID will do www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
👀 Did you post this to my office? Written with pink/purple ink? I'd really like to talk to you if so, I can protect your identity but what you sent was really important but not enough on its own. Get in touch via DM email etc... Pls RT.
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medConfidential @medconfidential.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Current and imminent moving parts that’ll take your health records and do things with them medconfidential.org/2026/moving-...
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Moving Parts: Current and Imminent Government plans for your medical records | medConfidential
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Hey, remember that time I said that pointing out that AI is giving bad data to ICE is missing the point because ICE doesn't actually care if the data is good? Check out how right I am.
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No2ID @no2id.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Move fast, fix things…. Who does the clean up? (With an aside on the very odd location by the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk and cameo from the yimby bros) www.no2id.uk/2026/move-fa...
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Move fast, fix things, and clean up?
On 20th January, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones gave a “Move fast. Fix things” speech on rewiring Whitehall and building the new digital state. We’ve gone through it line by lin…
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