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A private health company making billions in NHS contracts, has troubling record on care of vulnerable patients in prisons and immigration detention centres.| Corporate Watch
In November 2023, Palantir won a massive contract to run the Federated Data Platform (FDP) to integrate and manage vast amounts of sensitive NHS data, sparking the formation of No Palantir in the NHS, a growing national campaign of NHS workers, patients and community groups. By now the roll-out of the platform should be well […] The post No Palantir in the NHS and Corporate Watch Reveal the Real Story Behind the Federated Data Platform Rollout appeared first on Corporate Watch.| Corporate Watch
With deep links to Israeli military and intelligence services, the UK Israel Tech Hub is a UK government initiative that claims to open doors between the Israeli and UK markets. Public funds are enabling Israeli technology firms to be fast-tracked into the NHS, and we think Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigners ought to know about […] The post The UK Israel Tech Hub: Fast-Tracking Israeli Tech Companies into the NHS appeared first on Corporate Watch.| Corporate Watch
Circle Health is the UK’s largest private hospital provider. Earlier this year, it was sold by Centene (see our recent report here) to a United Arab Emirate (UAE) healthcare firm owned by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In the final instalment of our Barry Amiel & Norman Melburn Trust-funded project investigating NHS privatisation, we look […] The post Circle Health & how the world’s richest family is honing in on Britain’s private hospitals appeared first on Corporate Watch.| Corporate Watch
A private health company making billions in NHS contracts, has troubling record on care of vulnerable patients in prisons and immigration detention centres.| Corporate Watch
The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art has published my article Digital Government at the Crossroads. It explores the need for a radical rethink and reset to ‘digital government’ initiativ…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
In celebration of National Careers Week, our students were invited to multiple talks and workshops across the college dedicated to providing students with careers guidance and insights into their future pathways. The post National Careers Week 2025 appeared first on Brooklands Technical College.| Brooklands Technical College
I was kindly asked to write a guest article for the Digital Government Network to provide an overview of my book Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it. The book…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
The UK government sees artificial intelligence (AI) as a tool for ‘national renewal’. But unless it overhauls its approach to policymaking and delivery for the AI age, its plans are doomed to fail. After all, this isn’t the first time we’ve seen a UK government announce its belief that technology is about to unleash a […]| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
Unless current election polling proves to be massively mistaken, the UK is on the brink of a Labour government. But what will that mean for long-standing government efforts to deliver a “digital transformation” of the public sector? Computer Weekly has provided useful insight into how the Lib Dems, Conservatives, and Labour view the role of technology — from a […]| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
The next government will face many challenges. From NHS waiting lists to a housing and cost-of-living crisis, an increase in childhood poverty, climate change, a fractured relationship between national and local government, ageing national infrastructure, a volatile geopolitical environment, and complex technological threats ranging from cyber-attacks to the corrosive manipulation of social media. Government would […]| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
The Social Guarantee has found examples of local service providers finding innovative ways to meet the needs of communities| NEF Consulting
If the government listened to postal workers, they could be implementing win-win measures that create secure meaningful jobs as well as address the crises of affordability, isolation, and climate breakdown| The Breach
Hospital league tables could be returning to the UK. On the 21st anniversary of the Royal Statistical Society Working Party report on Performance Monitoring in the Public Services, Sheila Bird...| Significance magazine
UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has pledged there will be no return to austerity as she set out the first Labour budget since the party came to power – but government departments will still need to make 2% efficiency savings next year.| www.globalgovernmentforum.com
The big consultancy companies have gone into overdrive hyping up artificial intelligence (AI). They boast it’s going to help governments “become more cost efficient and increase citizen satis…| New tech observations from the UK (ntouk)
