the government gives nhs health data to amazon.

[Pickman's model]

gives. doesn't even sell. NHS gives Amazon free use of health data under Alexa advice deal

 

[cupid_stunt]

It's only the stuff on the NHS website.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's only the stuff on the NHS website.

yeh. and they're handing it over rather than getting a single red cent for the privilege

 

[Manter]

this is part of my issues with privatisation- its not just the moral aspect, its that our government are *so* fucking bad at it. THey have no concept of what is worth money and how to get money for it

 

[Flavour]

jesus fucking christ what a sorry indictment of modern society.

 

[Poi E]

this is part of my issues with privatisation- its not just the moral aspect, its that our government are *so* fucking bad at it. THey have no concept of what is worth money and how to get money for it

The two are inseparable. Privatisation was always intended to provide cut price assets to international financial capital.

 

[StoneRoad]

I wonder if a change of government would be able to rescind this creeping privatisation ?

 

[Manter]

I wonder if a change of government would be able to rescind this creeping privatisation ?

My OH (who models £ for NHS and social care for a living) fears a lot of it is irreversible

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

My OH (who models £ for NHS and social care for a living) fears a lot of it is irreversible

They build in clauses to make it exceptionally painful to get out of the crap they land us in, cos, cunts.

 

[Dogsauce]

They build in clauses to make it exceptionally painful to get out of the crap they land us in, cos, cunts.

same with the railways - they’re looking at setting the next round of franchises at 15 or 20 years just to keep trains out of public hands (Corbyn wanted to nationalise by not renewing franchises on expiry and the government taking over from that point - that way not having to buy anyone out with public money). A lot at stake on a Thursday...

 

[Sprocket.]

Privatisation by stealth, the thin end of a very large wedge.

 

[Marty1]

I don’t understand why the govt. would allow Amazon this licence yet the NHS gains nothing financially.

Are Amazon paying anyone for this?

 

[Shechemite]

Maybe we could organise around this?

 

[alex_]

gives. doesn't even sell. NHS gives Amazon free use of health data under Alexa advice deal

Good Twitter thread on this here



tl;dr it’s a scare story

 

[stavros]

Are Labour and the LDs going to hammer this in the next few days?