Immoral companies like Palantir should have no place in the NHS

by Graham Wroe A letter to the Sheffield Star Julia Armstrong reports in the Star (2.1.26) that a local doctor, Rory Gibson, objected at the Council’s Health Scrutiny sub-committee concerning a £330 million contract that was awarded to Palantir Technologies to develop a “federated data platform” for the NHS. Local NHS Trusts have the optionContinueContinue reading “Immoral companies like Palantir should have no place in the NHS”

Scientists, health professionals and Extinction Rebellion warn of “High-Risk Climate Gamble” at Labour Party Conference

Liverpool, Monday 29th September — Scientists for Extinction Rebellion staged a protest outside the Labour Party Conference, warning that the UK Government’s climate strategy is a “high-risk gamble” that locks in fossil fuels and delays urgent action.The group is calling for a reset of UK climate policy—away from unproven technologies like Carbon Capture and StorageContinueContinue reading “Scientists, health professionals and Extinction Rebellion warn of “High-Risk Climate Gamble” at Labour Party Conference”

We’re all in this together.

A guest blog by Karine Nohr. Time to read-5 minutes Early in the Pandemic, I remember passing through Woodseats and noticing many people were carrying packets of toilet paper. This first manifestation of fear, which was starting to play out and was to run over the next few weeks of the lockdown, soon transformed intoContinueContinue reading “We’re all in this together.”