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phatcontroller Nov 14, 2022

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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lostgardening

@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?