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...
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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'It's sickening': Mother of Nottingham attack victim on NHS data breach
'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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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
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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🚨 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...
NHS accused of suppressing investigation reports on poor care
Health bosses are watering down auditors’ recommendations for improvement
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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
Appointment details – National Data Guardian – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK
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"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
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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NHS England and DHSC forgot that data in the NHS doesn’t just belong to hospitals medconfidential.org/2026/ministe...
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...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2mo agoNHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services
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".
Andrew Kersley@andrewkersley.bsky.social · 2mo agoChelsea and Westminster is the poster child for Palantir – the first hospital to use its tech. It claims to have cut waiting lists there by 183,000. But when I investigated for @londonermag.bsky.social, I found evidence that wasn't true. Now MPs are calling for an inquiry. Read my full expose:
How Burnham’s government can move away from Palantir medconfidential.org/2026/one-pla...
A Plan for The Medium Goodbye to Palantir | medConfidential
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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...
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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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...
A Plan for The Medium Goodbye to Palantir | medConfidential
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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
Sarah Jenkins@saljenkins.bsky.social · 3mo agoIt’s bizarre really that so much debate is had on banning young people from social media, when things like the Farage riots demonstrate that the vast majority of people who should be banned are grown adults.
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...
peterkwells@peterkwells.com · 3mo agoReading English NHS' plans to go digital-first via app including triage/diagnostic/clinical review services (things that benefit from images) then hearing Starmer's plans to ban ppl who haven't verified age from sending 'explicit' images is quite discombobulating digital.nhs.uk/blog/transfo...
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
The National Data Guardian wasn’t told about Palantir staff having access to identifiable data www.gov.uk/government/n...
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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Ministers decided to support the creeps and ghouls medconfidential.org/2026/second-...
Second Reading of the Health Bill – enabling and empowering Ghouls and Creeps | medConfidential
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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-...
The Biobank Letters | Science Media Centre
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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.
Antonia Cundy@antoniacundy.ft.com · 4mo agoIn April, Crispin Odey dropped his £79mn #libel claim against us. This is the inside story of how Odey’s battle to reclaim his reputation backfired. It's about the brave women who spoke out against him — and the new allegations the two-year legal saga unearthed. www.ft.com/content/edbe...
A first look at Wes Streeting’s final Bill for the NHS medconfidential.org/2026/wes-str...
Wes Streeting’s final Bill | medConfidential
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Something clearly happened tonight, but we have no idea what as yet…
"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
Dr Tom Riddington@drtomriddington.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Britain's state-run National Health Service is granting staff from companies including Palantir 'unlimited access' to identifiable patient data while working on its flagship data platform."
What “authorised access for approved purposes” means - NHSE approved access to everything. Will apply to the Single Palantir Record too bsky.app/profile/drto...
Dr Tom Riddington@drtomriddington.bsky.social · 4mo ago"Britain's state-run National Health Service is granting staff from companies including Palantir 'unlimited access' to identifiable patient data while working on its flagship data platform."
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...
Shaun Lintern@shaunlintern.bsky.social · 4mo ago🚨 GPs and hospitals will be forced to share patient data with each other in a push by Labour to join up siloed parts of the NHS, under legislation set to be announced in the King’s Speech on Wednesday www.thetimes.com/article/3fee...
