Thread by @Foxglovelegal

☀️Morning!☀️ There’s been a TON of news in our NHS GP data grab case – here’s the latest for people catching up.

First, we teamed up with five organisations and an MP to take this scheme to court and try to win everyone more time:

ft.com/content/a13225…

Then, the @RCGP and @TheBMA_UK called for a pause to the scheme and said it risked a repeat of the care.data fiasco.

Doctors have weighed in and said this thing needs to be stopped.

Will Hancock listen?
theregister.com/2021/06/04/bma…

There IS no public health without public trust – so we were also v concerned when the gov’t wouldn’t rule out dodgy US tech companies like Palantir being given contracts to manage this giant new pool of confidential patient data:

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…

And finally, we learned one of the parties we’d be taking to court - @NHSDigital – wants to pause the scheme but was overruled by @MattHancock and @DHSCgovuk.

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This is a MAJOR schism. The two groups behind the plan now disagree about what to do: bbc.co.uk/news/technolog…

We can beat this, people! But we have to move fast.
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If Hancock and DHSC won’t agree to stop this process and change it, we need to go to court in DAYS to get an injunction.

Please, chip in anything you can afford. crowdjustice.com/case/stop-the-…

And in the meantime, if you want to opt out, don't forget this guide: medconfidential.org/how-to-opt-out/