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Martin Bell

@martinbell1966

North Yorkshire. NHS, healthcare, social care, business, healthtech, digital health, consultancy, foodie, wine, dog lover….and more πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘‹

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Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:

06.03.2026 08:57 πŸ‘ 17307 πŸ” 5425 πŸ’¬ 455 πŸ“Œ 326
NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

NHS official pushed to add patient data to Palantir platform whilst also advising company

A lobbyist who worked directly for Peter Mandelson, on the Palantir board, and on the board of *four* NHS trusts.

Lobbying the NHS to hand over even more patient data to Palantir.

This absolutely stinks. Get Palantir out of the NHS. Sign my petition:

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

05.03.2026 08:50 πŸ‘ 3425 πŸ” 1563 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 73
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Spring has sprung β˜€οΈβ˜€οΈβ˜€οΈ

03.03.2026 09:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy New Year πŸ₯³ one and all πŸ₯‚πŸ₯‚

I hope 2026 brings you happiness, health and success, however you measure those things πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

01.01.2026 07:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I don’t normally swear but can we just tell him to F Off, and get back to making America grate again πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

09.12.2025 18:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

#LestWeForget

(Pictures: St Andrew’s, Aldborough)

09.11.2025 08:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Michelle Mone told us β€˜business isn’t easy’ during Covid. How are things now, your ladyship? | Marina Hyde After a company she was linked to was ordered to repay Β£122m it made from pandemic deals, the baroness has embarked on a masterclass in victimhood, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

"The people who jostled their way into this lane for a grotesquely outsize cash bonanza and then boasted about helping the nation were profiteering, plain and simple."

Brilliantly & appropriately savage from the peerless Marina Hyde πŸ’₯

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

04.10.2025 11:08 πŸ‘ 299 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 1
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Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme | Martin Bell I wanted to do a poll but LinkedIn seemed to block it, so trying a post this way. The UK Government is announcing compulsory digital ID for adults. If you support - press LIKE πŸ‘ If you oppose - ...

I’ve done a poll over on LinkedIn. If you are on that platform Please vote, comment, share etc.

It would be great to get a decent sample

You can do same here, but I couldn’t work out how to do a poll here 😊

www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...

25.09.2025 15:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‚πŸ‚πŸ‚

πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹πŸ˜Š

01.09.2025 06:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #InternationalDogDay πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘πŸΆπŸ•β€πŸ¦Ί

26.08.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy #YorkshireDay πŸ˜ŠπŸ‘

01.08.2025 06:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am partial to a buttered parsnip πŸ˜‹

03.07.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I know what you mean!

03.07.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My take on the #NHS 10 year plan over on that there Linkedin πŸ‘

#DigitalHealth

www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...

03.07.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UNEMPLOYED GPs by @nhsengland.bsky.social

GP training posts up 4000pa

Funding to GP practices cut 20% since 2016 (Β£2bn)

NHSE introduced ARRS via PCNs (Β£1.7bn) with GP practices β€˜given’ staff in alternative roles for β€˜free’

GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs

13.06.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to meet up with Vivek & Mani from 10Decoders in #Leeds today πŸ‘

They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if you’re there, say Hi πŸ‘‹πŸ‘‹

#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech

09.06.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS app: Plans for more patients in England to get results on phones The NHS app will be main way people also receive screening invitations and appointment reminders.

Via BBC News…

#DigitalHealth #NHS

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

07.06.2025 14:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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In this mornings @financialtimes.com an article on the new #NHS 10 year plan, the likely 4 year wait for reforms to kick in and, as my late mother in law (bless her) used to say, β€œthe right pickle” this Government seem to have got themselves into.

#DigitalHealth

17.05.2025 10:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"

Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"

11.05.2025 08:16 πŸ‘ 686 πŸ” 344 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 75
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BREAKING: β€œWe will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?

11.05.2025 07:58 πŸ‘ 3088 πŸ” 941 πŸ’¬ 630 πŸ“Œ 478
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Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say

#Brexit has directly contributed to a rise in deaths caused by a critical shortage of qualified staff in the NHS.

It's time to seriously question if anybody still thinks it was a good idea!

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

30.04.2025 21:09 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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*** Teaser ***

Something new this way comes!

Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional ☺️

Until then, it remains a mystery…..πŸ˜‰

See you tomorrow!

😊😊😊

#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting

30.04.2025 06:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.

1362 Days to go...

29.04.2025 21:31 πŸ‘ 53670 πŸ” 11473 πŸ’¬ 1707 πŸ“Œ 497
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Company That Supplied Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Unusable COVID Tests Saw Profits Skyrocket to Β£178 Million After Lobbying Conservative Peer for Contract Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed β€œunfit for public use”

πŸ”΄Company That Supplied Hundreds of Millions of Pounds of Unusable COVID Tests Saw Profits Surge to Β£178 Million After Lobbying Conservative Peer for Contract

Primer Design’s turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed β€œunfit for public use”
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...

29.04.2025 20:21 πŸ‘ 131 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4
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US stocks underperform rest of world by widest margin since 1993 Investors fear Trump’s tariff blitz will lead to US stagflation while weak dollar adds to woes

"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."

www.ft.com/content/f3a7...

29.04.2025 15:40 πŸ‘ 2773 πŸ” 942 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 32
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Macquarie β€˜very proud’ of Thames Water ownership Debt-laden utility a β€˜better business after our stewardship’, says executive from Australian group

Macquarie β€˜very proud’ of Thames Water ownership

2006-2017: TW debt up from Β£3.4bn to Β£10.8bn
Β£2.7bn taken in dividends; Β£2.2bn in loans
Bills hiked; sewage dumped in rivers; leaks unplugged; no new reservoirs
Shareholders enriched. No retribution.
Macquarie now owns Southern Water
archive.ph/iro7N

29.04.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 8
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#tuesdaythoughts #digitalhealth #nhs #digitalcare #ai #consultancy #tmbp | Martin Bell *** You Plonker, Rodney *** I'm not a regular reader of red tops, although sometimes they do have their moments in creating memorable headlines. The Daily Star previously perhaps producing the...

A few thoughts on #AI #DigitalHealth #NHS over on Linkedin

www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...

29.04.2025 13:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ha ha 🀣🀣

As they used to say on Dads Army, they don’t like it up β€˜em 🀣🀣

#DumpTrump

29.04.2025 13:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life. Immunization for all is humanly possible.

Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life. Immunization for all is humanly possible.

Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives.
#VaccinesWork

bit.ly/wiw2025

27.04.2025 13:46 πŸ‘ 457 πŸ” 131 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7
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There’s a lot of crap in the world right now.

So, sound on, here’s my dog Beau, having been groomed πŸ’‡β€β™‚οΈ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention 🀣😊πŸ₯°

He proved very popular in the high street πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ€£

#NorthYorkshire #Dogs

23.04.2025 18:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0