NHS England Preps for Microsoft Licensing Talks with £46K Benchmarking Push

NHS England is taking a savvy step towards renegotiating its massive £774 million Microsoft licensing deal with a £46,000 benchmarking exercise, setting the stage for what's sure to be a high-stakes negotiation. Can this small investment lead to significant savings for the UK public sector?

https://osintsights.com/nhs-england-preps-for-microsoft-licensing-talks-with-46k-benchmarking-push?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#PublicSector #MicrosoftLicensing #NhsEngland #UnitedKingdom #SoftwareAgreements

NHS issues 'April 13 at 7am' alert in England-wide update for public

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/nhs-issues-april-13-7am-36998246

NHS wants people to act quickly ahead of April change

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/nhs-wants-people-act-quickly-36939991

#QueerAF :
“Pausing healthcare based on evidence that's been manufactured to suit an agenda is politics” - @ludovicparsons.bsky.social

How concerned should we be about #NHSEngland pausing new gender-affirming hormone prescriptions for 16- and 17-year-olds, while launching a review into adult services? 🧵

https://bsky.app/profile/wearequeeraf.com/post/3mhaxhlruk22w

#press #news #BreakingNews #IndependentMedia #TransNews 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻🏴

#QueerAF :
“Pausing healthcare based on evidence that's been manufactured to suit an agenda is politics” - @ludovicparsons.bsky.social

How concerned should we be about #NHSEngland pausing new gender-affirming hormone prescriptions for 16- and 17-year-olds, while launching a review into adult services? 🧵

https://bsky.app/profile/wearequeeraf.com/post/3mhaxhlruk22w

#press #news #BreakingNews #IndependentMedia #TransNews 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻🏴

#Palantir: Why is the #Israel-linked #surveillance firm embedded in #Britain's #NHS?

Medical professionals, #lawyers and #activists express concern over the #Techgiant's government contracts given ties to #USImmigration and #IsraeliSurveillance operations

By Fleur Hargreaves, January 28, 2026

"The #UKGovernment is facing growing pressure over its decision to award large government contracts to #PalantirTechnologies, a US-based data and #ArtificialIntelligence [#AI] company.

"Partially funded by the #CIA at its inception, the company has faced heavy scrutiny after receiving a £330m ($413m) contract with #NHSEngland in 2023, which is up for renewal in 2027.

"It was also recently awarded a £240m deal with the British #MinistryOfDefence (#MoD) in December, three times more than a previous contract signed in 2022.

"Palantir entered into a strategic partnership with the MoD in September, in which it pledged a £1.5bn investment to 'boost military AI' and to 'work together to transform lethality in the battlefield', according to a government press release.

"Aspects of the deal included developing a so-called '#KillChain', which uses advanced data management and #AI to better strike 'enemy target[s]'.

"This increased integration of the tech firm within the UK’s health service and armed forces has raised alarm among campaigners, who point to the company’s involvement in the #genocide in #Gaza and US President Donald Trump’s lethal campaign against unauthorised immigration.

"British MPs have also raised concerns about Palantir’s defence contracts following an investigation that revealed the #SwissArmy had rejected the company over fears that US intelligence agencies would gain access to sensitive data."

Read more:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palantir-why-israel-linked-surveillance-firm-embedded-britains-nhs

#USPol #UKPol #WorldPol #AITools #WarMachines #Spying #SpyMachines #BigBrother #SurveillanceState #PayYourTaxes #TaxTheWarMachines
#AbolishPalantir #NoWar #TechnoFascism

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks

https://goodlawproject.org/new-data-shows-surge-in-trans-kids-suicides-following-healthcare-rollbacks/

#transgender #lgbt #transYouth #Tavistock #England #NHS #NHSEngland

We don't have the spoons for a detailed post. We've written other posts recently giving updates on some of our struggles, but we needed to get the thoughts out of our head before sleep tonight 🥺😔

We're realistically facing a situation very soon where we'll officially be told that we're not going to get any gender-affirming surgeries from NHS England whatsoever, making the last nearly 5 years of trying to progress through this dehumanising, anxiety-inducing, decorating, belittling, gatekeeping, outdated process completely worthless  

We already had to accept we could never get FFS.

We tried twice to convince them to give us VFS, but they said no, and gave us no actual further voice training help.

We knew that trying to get PPT vaginoplasty would be a longshot, but we never expected:

• to have PPT basically badmouthed during a consultation;
• to hear basic PIV or scrotal flap techniques described as the "gold standard" (!!!) for genital reconfiguration surgery (GRS);
• to be told that the only surgeon who'd see us is one we'd never, ever trust or want anywhere near us, especially after having specifically requested another surgeon (the only one we'd trust in the UK for GRS); and
• that we'd need to go back begging to our gender clinic -- which no longer responds to our emails at all -- to try to convince them to submit a funding request for a basic standalone bilateral orchidectomy and scrotectomy... which would have been required anyway as part of PIV or vulvoplasty!!!

We've reached the point where we don't think we can get any joy from seeing other trans+ folks' joy and euphoria from making progress in their own transitions, particularly surgeries, as we can't help but feel so painfully sad crushingly jealous and upset that we cannot get even the most basic care after waiting even longer 😔

And nope: we've zero chance of being able to ever even fund the cheapest of surgeries privately.

Apologies for the sad dump. We needed to write it all out to have any chance at getting to sleep soon  

#EOEGS #NHS #NHSEngland #FuckTheNHS #FuckEngland #FuckTheUK #GenderAffirmingSurgery #GenderAffirmingHealthcare #gatekeeping #trans #transgender #NonBinary #TransFem #GRS #GenderDysphoria #transition #PPT #PIV #FFS #VFS #orchidectomy #FML #queer #LGBTQ+ #LGBTQIA+ #LackOfTransJoy