Ready for 2nd day kick-off at #AgileOnTheBeach2026. 11 years since I last attended, and it’s still great!
Matt Stibbs
@mattstibbs.bsky.social
Technical product person. Love data, interop, tech plumbing ❤️. Organiser of @nhshackday and @ukhealthcamp Also at @mattstibbs@mastodon.social and @mattstibbs@x.com
Air Traffic Control have a critical dependency on Cloudfare then… www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
Edinburgh Airport latest: All flights suspended after air traffic control IT issue
Passengers are being advised to contact their airlines for the latest information on flights.
bbc.co.uk
Anyone else seeing widespread Cloudflare issues again this morning?
We’re looking for a venue partner who can help with physical space to support this open, community-driven, and free-to-attend event. 🗓️ When: A Saturday in Spring 2026 (Flexible) 👥 Size: 100-120 people 📍 Where: Accessible UK location, ideally Leeds Please get in touch! ukhealthcamp.com/venue
UK Health Camp the free ‘unconference’ on digital, design and data for health and care
Come and enjoy a full day having conversations about #health, #digital, #nhs, and more. Register at ukhealthcamp.com
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If you're an organisation with a great event space, and you like what UK Health Camp is about, please get in touch and help us put on an event next year!
We’re looking for a venue partner who can help with physical space to support this open, community-driven, and free-to-attend event. 🗓️ When: A Saturday in Spring 2026 (Flexible) 👥 Size: 100-120 people 📍 Where: Accessible UK location, ideally Leeds Please get in touch! ukhealthcamp.com/venue
Feels great to be back at #ProductTank London after a bit of a hiatus from getting along to meetups. Looking forward to hearing from @martycagan.bsky.social and @bfgmartin.bsky.social #PTNov25
If you think this is US-only, it's not. If you think the GDPR protects you, it's doesn't. If you hadn't realised privacy is a national security and corporate espionage issue, it is. If you think politicians can't tackle this, they can. If you believe that tech or business need this, they don't.
Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...
Enjoying the thought-provoking final @sdingov.bsky.social keynote - Steph Wright on AI in public services: Responsibility, realism, and public good. “The majority of AI discourse today is framed through the lens of inevitability - but at this point not involving AI is still a choice.”
In a session @sdingov.bsky.social on the NHS App with @jiggott.bsky.social and @mikegallagher.bsky.social getting my regular reminder of how impressive a design achievement it is given the *absolute state* of the systems and services landscape it has to try and bring together under the hood….
Do I have any contacts here with links to the Edinburgh University Schools of Medicine or Informatics?
Back in Edinburgh bright and early for another @sdingov.bsky.social recharge 🙂
Save the Date for the next NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥 🗓️ 11th and 12th of October 2025 📍 In Belfast 🎟️ Join our mailing list for a notification when tickets get released: nhshackday.com/subscribe
Ticket bought for @sdingov.bsky.social 2025 in Edinburgh 🎟️ 🏴
I’m also shortly looking for a new G6 head of digital portfolio and ops for our 48-strong digital team, DM me if interested. Leeds and London based
Had a lovely time waving my arms around and taking about how much I love the web at #ProductForThePeople A great event run by great people. (And a little reminder of the Big Give which starts next week.)
Double your donation - Full Fact
Your donation will be doubled.
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“AI is terrible at fact-checking - but it’s amazing at boring magic” (paraphrased) by @mrdudders.bsky.social @fullfact.bsky.social #ProductForThePeople
“AI is terrible at fact-checking - but it’s amazing at boring magic” (paraphrased) by @mrdudders.bsky.social @fullfact.bsky.social #ProductForThePeople
Any peeps I know heading to Bristol for #ProductForThePeople this Thursday?
Patient records and the NHS App are in the news again. Me and @mattstibbs.bsky.social wrote down some thoughts. TLDR: the perfect architectural approach won’t solve for fundamental environmental challenges that need addressing. public.digital/pd-insights/...
Patient records and the NHS Apppublic digitalpublic digital
Technical, design, commercial and policy challenges with putting medical records in the hands of NHS patients
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Why a shared NHS patient record is hard, and what needs to change to make it a reality. Written by @e17chrisfleming.bsky.social and @mattstibbs.bsky.social, who've both been at the sharp end of NHS data sharing. public.digital/pd-insights/...
Patient records and the NHS Apppublic digitalpublic digital
Technical, design, commercial and policy challenges with putting medical records in the hands of NHS patients
public.digital
Men should read -> “There is a scandal about HRT – but it’s not the one Panorama thinks it is” - the NHS still suffers from a patriarchal bias that still undervalues women’s health (in particular reproductive health). www.independent.co.uk/health-and-f...
There is a scandal about HRT – but it’s not the one Panorama thinks it is
Midlife author and podcaster Lorraine Candy is a patient of Dr Louise Newson, who was the focus of a controversial Panorama documentary. Having spent a week dealing with the fallout from the programme...
independent.co.uk
@iainmoore.bsky.social @amcunningham.bsky.social @blu3id.bsky.social please repost! 🙂
We're holding another NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥 🗓️ on 12th and 13th October 📍 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London 🎟️ Tickets at nhshackday.com Held in collaboration with CW Innovation Supported by DrDoctor and Patchwork Health Can't wait to see you there! 👋
We're holding another NHS Hack Day!! 🤓❤️🏥 🗓️ on 12th and 13th October 📍 at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London 🎟️ Tickets at nhshackday.com Held in collaboration with CW Innovation Supported by DrDoctor and Patchwork Health Can't wait to see you there! 👋
NHS Hack Day | Geeks who love the NHS
nhshackday.com
The NHS Federated Data Platform programme has started an email bulletin - people can subscribe to it via this link: confirmsubscription.com/h/d/B1F8A66A...
Get the latest from Federated data platform (FDP)
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When your music perfectly beat-matches to your stride on your morning commute, it just feels like it’s going to be one of the better days.
Off to Digital Tuesday and Wednesday next week - anyone I know going to be there? :)