Good that @DHSCgovuk will "update" this, but when? And why didn't it do so when we pointed this out before launch?
The sooner all parts of government (and Government too) recognise that some of us aren't *just* "#privacy advocates" - and that we understand many aspects of #digital / #technosocial#systems as well as (if not better than) they do, the better things might be.
For those who don't know what @medConfidential does, you may get a flavour from what we've published in recent weeks and months:
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...