Ben Gartside

@bengartside.bsky.social

Investigative Reporter. Words in Private Eye, The House magazine and others. Email: Bengartsidewriter@gmail.com

Jade Revell was just 30 when she died, on Christmas Day 2021. Two months before, blood tests had found a big issue: her potassium was dangerously low. But she was never warned of this. The coroner sent a "prevention of future deaths" report to the company running the medical records software...

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TPP is Leeds' biggest tech company, providing digital health records for thousands of GP practices and the prison estate. So why did we find its flagship product, SystmOne, repeatedly cropping up in inquests? theexchange.news/tpp-systmone...

TPP is Leeds’ biggest tech company. But coroners are concerned about its flagship product

A prison GP has described SystmOne as an ‘absolute nightmare’ and coroners reports reveal recurring issues

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Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington. www.wired.com/story/the-uk...

The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.

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When Andy Burnham served as the Manchester regional mayor, he did so in the only region of England that refused Palantir access to its data. Now, as British prime minister, Palantir could be his first major test in office.

The UK Government Faces a Reckoning Over Palantir

Andy Burnham once kept Palantir out of Greater Manchester. His first test as prime minister is whether to cut the company’s £330 million NHS contract—and risk a rupture with Big Tech and Washington.

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In a meeting at the US Embassy this week, Trump administration officials reprimanded the UK over tech policy US figures raised concerns over the Online Safety Act, the under-16 social media ban, and the prioritisation of outlets like the BBC, PolHome understands @bengartside.bsky.social reports

UK Reprimanded Over Social Media Laws By US Diplomats At Confidential Embassy Summit

Exclusive: British officials were hauled into a private meeting at the US embassy on Monday and dressed down over the Online Safety Act, along with...

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Another scoop from @bengartside.bsky.social British officials asked US State Department Under Secretary of State Sarah Rogers about how to tackle the far-right She praised the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme to process asylum seekers overseas as a way to combat the radical right

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🚨 Exclusive: The British ambassador requested help from the Trump White House on dealing with the radical right in the UK, PoliticsHome understands https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/uk-seeks-help-trump-white-house-radical-right

Lib Dem MP Anna Sabine's life was altered earlier this year when a lump on her throat, spotted by a BBC viewer, led to surgery that severed one of her vocal cords She speaks to @bengartside.bsky.social about returning to public speaking and embracing her social media fame as the ‘Whispering MP’

Anna Sabine, The 'Whispering' Lib Dem MP: 'Do I Seem Weak Now?'

Anna Sabine’s emergency surgery led to the loss of her voice. The Frome and East Somerset MP tells Ben Gartside how she is returning to Parliament ...

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