This is really worrying, apparently the private sector track and trace companies won’t be working with local council teams after all opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

The government has given local authorities more responsibility for contact tracing, but NOT more resources - with funds still going to private contractors not up to the job. Excellent report by CarolineJMolloy now posts/engages only on BlueSky opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

So Dido Harding’s reward for presiding over the privatised NHS Test and Trace disaster is to get an expanded empire that absorbs into it, the one bit of the system, Public Health England, that’s actually been hitting targets, mopping up & providing cover for the failing system?

The UK government has outsourced its contact tracing to Serco and Sitel. CarolineJMolloy now posts/engages only on BlueSky asked Professor Allyson Pollock from Independent SAGE if the government is now taking it seriously, and why contact tracing is such a vital part of Test and Trace. Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)

Lancet editor richard horton's new book delivers a crisp, wide-ranging critique of the UK's COVID-19 response as it continues to unfold, writes Colin Leys. opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/revi…

BREAKING: Serco lands another £45m for ‘failing’ COVID #TestandTrace scheme. Controversial firm has won a previously unreported #testing contract – while critics label its £108m tracing centre deal ‘astonishing’ and ‘unethical’. #Serco #TestandTrace opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

NEW QUIZ - How much do YOU know about England's test and trace system? Test yourself - are you a whizz? (Warning - it's hard!) opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Trump or Biden, trade deals still threaten Britain’s NHS, writes opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Day after day we learn of more money wasted. Let's redistribute and get a viable test, trace, isolate and support system in place now.

BREAKING: Boris Johnson’s controversial policy chief leading secretive NHS task force. Munira Mirza heading up group meeting ‘daily or weekly’ to plan ‘radical NHS shakeup’. opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Watch as Matt Hancock is quizzed by Rosie Cooper on openDemocracy's report on the Downing St Taskforce with secret plans to re-organise the NHS. He doesn't really answer, does he? But rest assured, we'll keep digging for more answers! (read more > opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…)

This week, Rosie Cooper MP quizzed Matt Hancock as to what involvement he's had with the secret Downing Street NHS shakeup taskforce exposed by openDemocracyUK & whether it will tell us what it's up to. Watch how very uncomfortable Hancock looks... opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

BREAKING: If we’ll be ‘back to normal’ by Easter, why is Hancock quietly striking major NHS COVID data deals with big tech? Today: the latest legal salvo w/@foxglovelegal in our battle for transparency If we don’t get answers, we may sue... opendemocracy.net/en/we-need-ans…

From the politicians, civil servants, and advisers, to the private hospitals, outsourcing firms and data giants - who's *really* shaping what the NHS is going to look like next year and beyond? NEW must-read by CarolineJMolloy now posts/engages only on BlueSky opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

BREAKING: Facing a threatened lawsuit from openDemocracy & Foxglove, the UK govt secretly signed a massive a 2-year, £23m NHS data deal with controversial tech firm Palantir (1) opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/cont…

Back in November I uncovered how government had given Deloitte £40m in July alone, for their work on “NHS Test and Trace”, but government couldn’t/wouldn’t point to any published contract. Now they admit it’s costing us £1m a day - & for what, exactly? opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

BREAKING: We've just issued a lawsuit against the UK government over its £23m NHS data deal with Palantir. Here's why 👇 opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/why-…

At first glance, Greensill’s NHS app may appear an obscure product for David Cameron to stake his reputation on. But it is emblematic of the NHS's digital privatisation, as CarolineJMolloy now posts/engages only on BlueSky explains > opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Matt Hancock has quietly told your GP to hand over your health data. Why? opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

"The #NHSBill enables a power grab by the Treasury, the money men, the private sector and their lobbyists," writes CarolineJMolloy now posts/engages only on BlueSky opendemocracy.net/en/ournhs/forg…