It could've built & released a voluntary #QRcode check-in app MONTHS ago; certainly in time for the loosening of lockdown. (I spoke to folks with one ready to go, back when the first *symptom-trackers* were launching...) news.sky.com/story/coronavi…
Arbitrarily kludging together two different approaches 'cos you screwed up trust in v1.0 ain't clever, nor is it good design - it's #FeatureCreep. And smacks a bit of desperation.
...you know that's already a no-no is making the same schoolboy error as before. Whining "Apple won't let us do it!", when it's in the damn spec makes one wonder just how realistic a grasp @MattHancock & @NHSX actually have here. Tech ain't magic; rules exist for a reason.
It'd be more reassuring if, rather than obsessively polishing the app 'cherry (or is it a turd?) on the top', @NHSEngland came out with more info and hard evidence of progress on sorting out #TestandTrace, i.e. the system that actually needs to work properly, to save lives.
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In anticipation of the much delayed #digitalIDcards "#NationalConversation", here are some questions on consequential issues that any good #consultation would cover...
[N.B. It ain't a conversation if you stick your fingers in your ears, go la-la-la, and ignore certain topics!]
1) What decisions can be made by those aged 13-16?
ID Minister @darrenpjones already admitted it'll be a #lifelong #IDscheme – for ONE baby to have a #digitalID, the system must be architected for ALL to have one – but when will children be required to *use* them, and for what?
@darrenpjones 2) Will the #IDcard (or an entry in the federated* ID database) describe the holder’s #genitals?
*There won't be a monolithic National Identity Register like @ukhomeoffice built last time – instead your details will be spread around government, linked by your unique #IDnumber...
Nah. This is another puff piece on the #WaitingList pilot, details of which @NHSEngland published - without daring to mention @PalantirTech - over ten months ago...
To be clear, 30 individual NHS Trusts* are using #Palantir#Foundry to manage elective care waiting lists, not patients' entire medical histories - largely by what Ministers have called "cleansing" the data:
Why is this so important? Because #SharedCareRecords - which every new #ICS* is supposed to have - include your #GPdata, which @NHSEngland has been trying to get hold of for years (most recently last summer)...
So let’s talk about where things got up to with your #HealthData, before Rishi Sunak started talking about the need to generate trust in Government with “#integrity” and “#accountability”…
N.B. The chair of NHS Digital announced today’s meeting would be the last public meeting of the Board...
With the news that the Government is rushing through @NHSEngland’s takeover of the statutory safe haven (@NHSDigital) with about the level of planning that went into the 'fiscal event', where exactly *are* things as the former/new Sec State starts work?
First, beginning on page 158, are some Directions that @NHSEngland must know will be HIGHLY controversial - given they are telling @NHSDigital to use @PalantirTech's #Foundry to collect *patient level identifiable data* from hospitals...
I'll tweet as I do a read-through, but even these first two paragraphs are incoherent, e.g. "...in a way that will enable." Enable what?
And if @NHSEngland Directs NHSD to use #Palantir, NHSE is *determining the purposes and means of processing* - i.e. it is a #DataController...