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observer.co.uk‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises...MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision

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NHS England’s chair is paid by a VC firm invested in a private ADHD provider. When senior leaders and MPs have current or recent financial links to private healthcare companies, the chances they’ll be concerned about NHS privatisation are pretty low… observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

observer.co.uk‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises...MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision

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bmj.comUS-UK drug pricing deal: National Audit Office is to investigate costsPotential cost implications of the drug pricing deal between the US and the UK will be investigated by the UK’s public spending watchdog, the organisation’s leader says. The UK signed a drug trade de...

1/The National Audit Office is to investigate the cost of the government’s drug pricing deal with Trump, after six committee chairs demanded answers. The BMJ reports it could mean 229,000 excess deaths over a decade, with £45bn diverted from NHS services. www.bmj.com/content/395/...

3/“With hundreds of thousands of patients’ lives on the line, and tens of thousands of NHS jobs at risk, honest and public acknowledgement of the trade-offs the government has chosen to make to please Donald Trump and big pharma is desperately needed.”

crowdjustice.comResist Trump’s NHS attack: stop the unlawful drug pricing power grab!Just Treatment is a patient-led health justice organisation. Global Justice Now is a non-profit fighting the causes of poverty and injustice.

4/Ministers still won’t publish what this deal will cost or what it will do to patients. That’s why we’re taking the government to court, alongside @globaljusticenow.bsky.social. www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-nh...

2/Our director Diarmaid Mcdonald told the @bmj.com: “It is clear that others are keen to get to the truth, even if government ministers continue to resist basic levels of transparency.”

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🚨112 MPs and 6 councils have formally backed the break clause in Palantir’s #NHS contract. Is your MP on the list? If not, tag them below and urge them to back it. It’s not good enough for politicians to shy away from this. www.nopalantirinthenhs.com

Know where your MP or council stands on Palantir’s contract? Help us keep the tracker up to date, submit info here ⬇️ cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

theguardian.comPalantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in EnglandExclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems already in use

🚨16 NHS trusts and health boards don't use Palantir's £330m data platform, per Medact FOIs in the Guardian. Greater Manchester called it "retrograde". Birmingham, serving 2m+ people, won't use it. The government can break this contract. It should. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

actionnetwork.orgPut patients before big pharma profits!Pharmaceutical companies’ profits should never come before patients’ lives. Yet that is what is happening every single day, as these powerful corporations use their wealth to corrupt our democracy an...

🚨Big pharma teamed up with Donald Trump to secure a deal that moves billions of NHS money into their pockets. That’s money taken from patient care. If you agree that patients must be put before big pharma profits. Add your name ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/forms/put-pa...

NHS patient asks @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social why Palantir has no place in our NHS. The government is expected to decide within weeks whether to end Palantir’s £330m NHS contract. Tell decision makers to Back The Break Clause & end Palantir's contract: nopalantirinthenhs.com

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actionnetwork.orgPharma greed kills: how we resist Trump's NHS attackThe dangerous Trump-led US-UK drug pricing deal - which will see NHS medicine prices hiked in order to boost big pharma profits - is coming under increased scrutiny. MPs from across Parliament are r...

Opposition is growing to the dangerous US-UK drug pricing deal, which will hike NHS medicine prices and put patients’ lives at risk to boost big pharma profits. Join our webinar with Global Justice Now to hear how we can resist it, 8pm Wed 4th Nov ⬇️ actionnetwork.org/events/pharm...

Two year old Finlay Roberts died in 2024, hours after spending most of an evening in an A&E corridor. A coroner said better care would have given him a chance. Corridor care is never acceptable. The govt must invest in #NHS beds, staff & social care now. www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

thetimes.comYvette Cooper’s plea for NHS cash rebuffed by Andy BurnhamThe prime minister and the chancellor have told the health secretary that money for a pay deal will have to come from the health service’s existing budget

Health Sec Yvette Cooper is absolutely right to ask for more money for our struggling NHS after years of chronic underfunding. It is shameful that Andy Burnham and John Healey are refusing. NHS patients will continue suffering & dying with this approach. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

theguardian.comPalantir’s Tom Watson says ‘mob rule’ must not dictate awarding of government contractsFormer Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdowns

🚨 Tom Watson, paid to defend Palantir, says listening to NHS patients & staff who oppose its contract would be "mob rule". He's also been repeating debunked claims about what Palantir's software does for patients. Palantir has no place in our NHS. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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justtreatment.orgUnprecedented mobilisations against Palantir turn up the heat on government — Just TreatmentOver 40 protests across England, and a government starting to listen.

🚨Patients and health workers staged unprecedented protests against Palantir at over 40 locations across England last week. The government is feeling the heat as it decides Palantir's future in our NHS. Let's keep up the pressure. More info ⬇️ justtreatment.org/news/2026/10...

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🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com

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🚨Termination of contract delivered to US spy-tech company Palantir's door. Now it's the government's turn. Ministers are deciding whether to renew Palantir's NHS contract, and we demand they use the break clause to end it for good. Take action now: nopalantirinthenhs.com

news.sky.comUsing ambulances and corridors as 'treatment rooms' unacceptable, says unionMore than a quarter of those surveyed said vehicles are used as extra space for hospital staff to assess or care for patients on almost all shifts.

Patients are waiting up to 12 hours in the back of ambulances outside A&E. 3 in 5 ambulance workers said they'd seen patients deteriorate there. 3% said patients had died waiting outside A&E. Fund beds, staff and social care. news.sky.com/story/using-...

US spy-tech company Palantir hired former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson to defend its £330m NHS contract. Last week, as patients and health workers protested in 40+ places across England, he went on X to attack them. 🧵... www.bmj.com/content/395/...

3/ NHS patients & staff aren't buying it. At the London rally, paediatric neurologist Omar Abdel-Mannan said every NHS principle he stands for "is directly contradicted by the core values and repeated actions of Palantir."

nopalantirinthenhs.comBack the Break Clause | No Palantir in the NHSTrack which MPs, NHS trusts and councils have backed the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract, find yours, and write to them.

4/ Patients don't want a company that works for Israeli military and US immigration enforcement anywhere near their data. The government decides on renewing Palantir's NHS contract within weeks. Take action now to get Palantir OUT: nopalantirinthenhs.com

2/ Watson claimed protesters want to switch off software that gets patients operations and cancer diagnoses sooner. What he left out: NHS England has admitted claims like his aren't backed by robust data, and the UK statistics watchdog warned it over them.

justtreatment.orgUnprecedented mobilisations against Palantir turn up the heat on government — Just TreatmentOver 40 protests across England, and a government starting to listen.

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NHS England waiting list hits 7.33m appointments for 6.21m individuals, rises for the third time in 4 months. Privatisation by stealth. NHS capacity neglected. Thousands suffer. Private sector profiteers. www.oecd.org/en/publicati... Hospital beds per 1,000 population, Comparison 2013 and 2023.

Yesterday, people at 40+ hospitals across England said: no Palantir in the NHS. Palantir works with the Israeli military and ICE, and holds a £330m contract for NHS patient data. It can be scrapped within weeks. Share this and tell the government: back the break clause.

Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside Palantir's London HQ to demand an end to their #NHS contract. The rally closed a day of protests at 40+ locations across England, and a week of action against Palantir around the world. ✊ #PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause

@the-citizens.bsky.social

TODAY: Patients, NHS workers and campaigners are taking action against US spy-tech company Palantir at over 40 locations across England. We're calling on every NHS trust and ICB to reject Palantir, and on the government to use the break clause and end the contract.

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We’re joining the #PeopleVsPalantir day of action ✊ Tonight, we’ll be outside Palantir HQ with @justtreatment.org and others, calling for the US spytech company to get OUT of our public services. 📩 Follow our coverage from the protest 👇 citizensreunited.substack.com/subscribe #PeopleVsPalantir

theguardian.comThree in four UK GPs ‘too busy to talk to their patients in depth’Family doctors’ professional body finds the majority have no time to discuss preventative measures

3 in 4 GPs say they're too stretched to talk to patients in depth about staying well, according to a survey of 2,316 GPs. The government promises a shift "from sickness to prevention". That needs GPs with time to do it. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

justtreatment.orgThe Prime Minister says he wants to counter corporate power - now we need action — Just TreatmentOur reaction to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference 2026

The Prime Minister says he wants to counter corporate power - now we need action... Read our reaction to @andyburnham.bsky.social's speech at Labour Conference 2026 ⬇️🧵 justtreatment.org/news/2026/9/...

5/ His 10-year plan must tackle the root causes: 🔵Ademocracy that listens to corporations over people 🔵An NHS carved up by private healthcare firms and pharma, 🔵And linked crises in housing, jobs, climate and health that are fuelling the far right.

6/ The coming weeks will show whether he means what he says. We will be watching his decisions on the Palantir contract, the NHS budget and the US-UK drug pricing deal. NHS patients need action.

justtreatment.orgThe Prime Minister says he wants to counter corporate power - now we need action — Just TreatmentOur reaction to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference 2026

3/ Burnham said politicians have failed young people. Our Mad Youth Organise leaders know that first-hand. He promised to end deadly mental health waits, but also floated conditions on benefits. Support for young people can't come at the expense of the most vulnerable.

4/ He wants the UK to be a trusted leader in AI. That trust can't happen while NHS patient data sits with Palantir, a spy tech firm that celebrates backing Israel as it commits genocide. If he meant his words about standing up to fascism, Palantir's contract must be scrapped .

justtreatment.orgThe Prime Minister says he wants to counter corporate power - now we need action — Just TreatmentOur reaction to Andy Burnham's speech at Labour Conference 2026

@purgepalantir.bsky.social

2/ The biggest headline was a National Care Service modelled on the NHS. We've long called for properly publicly funded social care. We'll be watching to make sure it's free at the point of use, publicly owned and publicly run.

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👉 Join the People vs. Palantir Kickoff Call & Digital Rally on Sept. 28 to learn more: events.nnu.org/event/ebf157... @pscupdates.bsky.social @weownit.org.uk @medact.bsky.social @justtreatment.org @pulltheplug-ai.bsky.social @globaljusticenow.bsky.social @nationalnurses.bsky.social

events.nnu.orgSummary - People vs Palantir Global Week of Action Kickoff Call 2026

🚨British doctor who worked in Gaza on why Palantir has to be kicked out of our NHS. Join the London Rally outside Palantir's HQ on Thursday 1 October, 6pm. And across England, protests will take place at 20+ locations - find your nearest one: www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...

18 Sept

🚨The government has finally responded to our ten demands for change for the #NHS. The new Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper has refused our request to meet with patients impacted by the crisis and her dept won't show it's willing to prioritise the NHS over corporate profits.

justtreatment.orgThe government has finally responded to our demands for change for the NHS — Just TreatmentRead the Department of Health’s letter to us - and why it’s not good enough.

18 Sept

Read our full response: justtreatment.org/news/2026/9/...

17 Sept

🚨The @financialtimes.com reports patient data from GP surgeries is quietly being added to US-spy tech Palantir's NHS platform. GP surgeries can stop this. Registered with a GP in England? Write to yours: justtreatment.org/gp-letter

16 Sept

🚨On Thu 1 Oct, join protests at 20+ locations across England against US spy-tech company Palantir. We're demanding the government uses the break clause and gets Palantir out of our NHS. We need you to join us ⬇️ amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter... #PeopleVsPalantir

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🚨BREAKING: Backlogs *rose* at half of the NHS trusts using Palantir’s tech to cut waiting lists. On 1 Oct join protests at 20+ locations in England demanding the government backs the break clause in Palantir’s contract & gets them out of our NHS! Join them: www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter...

🚨Nearly half of England's health boards are making patients wait for surgery they could have sooner. @bmj.com found minimum waits of 12-16 weeks for hip, knee and cataract ops, used to cut costs while people live in pain. Scrap these minimum waits.