Liz ProbertNov 14, 2022
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UK patient records will be shared with US firm Palantir without patient consent as the company started with CIA funding and run by Trump donor is awarded £360m contract.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/nov/13/controversial-360m-nhs-england-data-platform-lined-up-for-trump-backers-firm
Controversial £360m NHS England data platform ‘lined up’ for Trump backer’s firm

Patients will have no say over records going to Palantir, the software giant run by billionaire Republican backer

The Guardian
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Show threadlostgardeningNov 14, 2022
@phatcontroller Not "UK" patient records, English NHS patient records. The UK is a political construct not a country or a state. Apart from that, surely this is criminal, if it's not it should be. Why can't this useless government leave anything alone?
Show threadJayne 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈Nov 14, 2022

@phatcontroller

NOT UK patient records...it's only NHS England and NHS Improvement.

NHS Wales and Scotland are not involved.

https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/04/uk_governement_set_to_extract/

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down

The Register
Show threadGraham LesterNov 14, 2022
@phatcontroller As a huge Trump supporter, Thiel is a person who has taken a public stand *against* universal healthcare of the type the NHS provides. To turn NHS patient data over to such a man is insanity.
Show threadLondonACutieMedicNov 14, 2022
@phatcontroller Genuinely scary stuff.