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England’s Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, and the former Secretary of State for Scotland, Ian Murray, have delighted in the the alleged slower digitisation of health data in Scotland, even calling John Swinney, ‘analogue‘ in a very nerdy niche joke.
However, in the Guardian yesterday:
Health officials fear Palantir’s reputation will hinder the delivery of a “vital” £330m NHS contract, according to briefings seen by the Guardian, sparking fresh calls for the deal to be scrapped. In 2023, ministers selected Palantir, a US surveillance technology company that also works for the Israeli military and Donald Trump’s ICE operation, to build an AI-enabled data platform to connect disparate health information across the NHS. Now it has emerged that after Keir Starmer demanded faster deployment, Whitehall officials privately warned that the public perception of Palantir would limit its rollout, meaning the contract would not offer value for money.
What has the SNP Government done instead of contracting the dread Palantir?
In 2023, the Scottish Government rejected pressure from the Secretary of State for Scotland to follow NHS England’s lead and rejected Palantir, adopting instead as partners, AstraZeneca UK and Lenus Health.
You can read the full proposal at: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/12/scotland-gets-national-digital-platform-to-improve-data-access/ and the memorandum of understanding with university and industry partners at: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2022/09/nhs-scotland-set-for-transformation-with-new-collaboration/
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Thanks John, have shared as far as poss…this should be front page news on Scottish shop shelves for everyone to see…It’s the sort of thing SNP and other pro independence parties or bloggers etc should be shouting from the rooftops.
The alternative, the English govs’ way of doing things, is absolutely terrifying.
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Labour didn’t even need to “own” this umpteenth case of failed vetting. It was the Tories who saddled NHS England with an overpriced spying machine. Of course, Labour too have succumbed to the lobby and donor culture thanks to Peter Mandelson.
UK signed deals with US firms that were clients of Mandelson lobbying company | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian
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NEVER EVER TO BE TRUSTED
SCOTLAND MUST GO IT ALONE
NO MORE BLIND COMMENTS FROM COUNTRIES AND PEOPLE
WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF DECEPTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oh Good Grief! Something else we have done better! LIEbour will be apoplectic 😇
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