Category: Health policy

Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records

Exclusive: WhatsApp messages show firm pressuring Zubir Ahmed MP to help bring sensitive data into its platformUK politics live – latest updatesPalantir lobbied a health minister to consider extending its AI technology into GP...

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Rise in NHS birth centre closures ‘shocking’ denial of women’s rights, experts say

Twelve midwife-led maternity units have closed in England since 2019 with six closing since Labour came to power in 2024NHS officials are shutting growing numbers of birth centres in a “shocking” denial of a woman’s right to...

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‘This is direct’: positive early feedback from pilot community mental health hub in Cumbria

Hope Haven in Whitehaven is one of six trial open-access, 24/7 schemes in England offering preventive careThe night Tamara first walked through the doors of Hope Haven, a new community mental health hub in the heart of...

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No surprise and lasting anger: families of people who died in care homes react to Covid inquiry report

Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy“At the time it felt like a devil’s bargain – it was horrible, but it was what [we thought] we had to do to keep...

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Top health civil servant urged to play no role in clampdown on ADHD clinics

Four MPs raise conflict of interest concerns over Samantha Jones’s past links to a big provider of ADHD assessmentsA senior civil servant should play no part in ministers’ crackdown on private ADHD and autism clinics because of...

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NHS England mental health services review: what has it found and what does it recommend?

Prof Peter Fonagy’s 607-page report is categoric that mental distress has increased substantially and ‘cannot be explained by greater awareness alone’Full report | NHS at risk of ‘system failures’ as demand for ADHD and autism...

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