Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
Pretty difficult to refute a single thing in this perfect assessment of where the f**k we are, from @iandunt.bsky.social:
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...
Spring has sprung βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Happy New Year π₯³ one and all π₯π₯
I hope 2026 brings you happiness, health and success, however you measure those things ππ
I donβt normally swear but can we just tell him to F Off, and get back to making America grate again πππ
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.
#LestWeForget
(Pictures: St Andrewβs, Aldborough)
"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 π₯
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Iβve 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 couldnβt work out how to do a poll here π
www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
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Happy #InternationalDogDay πππΆπβπ¦Ί
Happy #YorkshireDay ππ
I am partial to a buttered parsnip π
I know what you mean!
My take on the #NHS 10 year plan over on that there Linkedin π
#DigitalHealth
www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
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 βgivenβ staff in alternative roles for βfreeβ
GP practices with no money forced to accept ARRS cannot afford GPs
Great to meet up with Vivek & Mani from 10Decoders in #Leeds today π
They are at #LondonTechWeek next couple of days - if youβre there, say Hi ππ
#DigitalHealth #NHS #AI #HealthTech
Via BBC Newsβ¦
#DigitalHealth #NHS
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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, βthe right pickleβ this Government seem to have got themselves into.
#DigitalHealth
Left: Yvette Cooper, "We will be closing the care worker visa as well"
Right: House of Commons Library, "131,000 vacancies for care workers"
BREAKING: βWe will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitmentβ - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Donβt we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
#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...
*** Teaser ***
Something new this way comes!
Stay tuned for an exciting little announcement, tomorrow, the 1st of May - something different, something additional βΊοΈ
Until then, it remains a mysteryβ¦..π
See you tomorrow!
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#SoundOn #DigitalHealth #NHS #SomethingNew #Exciting
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...
π΄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 Designβs turnover jumped by 6,800% after supplying tests that were later deemed βunfit for public useβ
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/v...
"US stocks have underperformed the rest of the world this year by the widest margin in more than three decades as Donald Trumpβs erratic policymaking sparks an investor exodus from American assets..."
www.ft.com/content/f3a7...
Macquarie βvery proudβ 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
A few thoughts on #AI #DigitalHealth #NHS over on Linkedin
www.linkedin.com/posts/martin...
Ha ha π€£π€£
As they used to say on Dads Army, they donβt like it up βem π€£π€£
#DumpTrump
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
Thereβs a lot of crap in the world right now.
So, sound on, hereβs my dog Beau, having been groomed πββοΈ waiting with one of his friends to be picked up, in the shop window - needless to say he loves the attention π€£ππ₯°
He proved very popular in the high street πππ€£
#NorthYorkshire #Dogs