{"id":2181,"date":"2021-04-15T16:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=2181"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:35:50","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:35:50","slug":"peoples-covid-inquiry-have-your-say-and-read-the-latest-nhs-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=2181","title":{"rendered":"Peoples Covid Inquiry &#8211; &#8216;Have your Say&#8217; and read the latest NHS news"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"mailpoet_content-wrapper\" border=\"0\" width=\"660\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_content\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"mailpoet_cols-one\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_text mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">In this Newsletter\u2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">\n<li class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">We have a bit of\u00a0good news for a change with regards to Ealing Hospital\u00a0which is getting a bit more investment.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">We\u2019ve even got a good news story on fighting privatisation, though there are more reports of the Government\u2019s underhand deals and dodgy appointments.<\/li>\n<li class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">You can check out the\u00a0latest figures for take up\u00a0and please\u00a0complete the \u2018Peoples Covid Inquiry\u2019 Survey.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_image mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (1)\" width=\"620\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_divider\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_divider-cell\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_text mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Campaign Meeting next Tuesday 20th April \u2013 &#8216;GPs and the threat of privatisation&#8217;<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">It\u2019s our monthly online meeting next Tuesday and we will be discussing the increasing threat of privatisation of our GP services, the vaccine rollout, mental health campaigning, the Peoples Covid Inquiry and what else is happening in our local NHS.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>GUEST SPEAKER<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0GP, Dr Jackie Applebee from \u2018Doctors in Unite\u2019 and \u2018Keep Our NHS Public\u2019.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Jackie will be speaking about the threat of privatisation for GP services and how this is possible, the impact of digitalisation on patients and other changes to the way that GPs now operate. Jackie is currently very involved in the campaign to stop the US Company \u2018Centene\u2019 taking over 49 GP surgeries in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">This should be a stimulating and informative discussion and\u00a0you will be very welcome to join.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Tuesday 20th\u00a0April,\u00a07.30pm.\u00a0<strong>PLEASE CONTACT ME TO BE SENT THE ZOOM LINK<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Ealing Hospital Update:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>A bit of investment:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">The Trust (London North West) who manages Ealing Hospital is spending \u00a31.2 million in modernising Ealing\u2019s Catheterisation Laboratory (Cath Lab). This will allow Ealing Hospital to offer digital imaging to Ealing patients with heart conditions \u2013 definitely a good thing which means they don\u2019t have to go to Northwick Park except while the work is being carried out. They also plan to \u2018modernise\u2019 the cardiology services, but we have no details yet on what that actually means. It\u2019s good to see some more money being spent on Ealing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_image mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/download.jpg\" alt=\"download\" width=\"299\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_content\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"mailpoet_cols-one\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_text mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Reinstating 24\/7 Emergency Surgery and Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">We have once again written to the London North West Trust asking when 24\/7 emergency general surgery and the suspension of the Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics service will be reviewed and restored. Currently emergency surgery is only operating from 1.00- 6.00pm while all Ealing Trauma &amp; Orthopaedics patients requiring urgent surgery, who are in ambulances are diverted to Northwick Park. We will continue to lobby for these vital services to be restored to our community.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Vaccine Rollout in Ealing \u2013 the latest news:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">This continues to be the good news story thanks to the fantastic dedication of so many NHS staff and volunteers. It seems to be a major factor in reducing hospital admissions, deaths and lowering the infection rate, which is down to\u00a0<strong>46 per 100,000 in Ealing.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">It\u2019s interesting to note that the infection rate in\u00a0<strong>Westminster at 21 per 100,000\u00a0<\/strong>is less than half that of Ealing and is the lowest in North West London, further underlining the impact of health inequalities on Covid infections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">First vaccines in North West London reached\u00a0<strong>1 Million on 9th April<\/strong>,\u00a0so well done to NHS workers and everyone who helped reached that landmark.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">The latest figures we have been able to obtain\u00a0for Ealing\u00a0for 1st\u00a0vaccines show:-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Care home residents \u2013 91.6% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Over 80s \u2013 89% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">75-79 year olds -92% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Clinically Extremely Vulnerable \u2013 83% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">70-74 year olds \u2013 94.8% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">65-69 year olds &#8211; 92.5% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">At Risk\u00a0&#8211; 70.4% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">60-64 year olds \u2013 96.3% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">55-59 year olds \u2013 95% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">50-54 year olds \u2013 87.5% vaccinated<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Unfortunately the figure for care workers in both residential care and home care continue to be much lower, ranging from 74% for Local Authority care workers to only 56% for social care workers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">The priority in April for the NHS is to ensure that as many people over 50 years of age, those who are extremely clinically vulnerable and those with learning disabilities are vaccinated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>\u2018HAVE YOUR SAY\u2019 &#8211; The People Covid Inquiry needs your help:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_image mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/covid.jpg\" alt=\"covid\" width=\"538\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_divider\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_divider-cell\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_text mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>The People\u2019s Covid Inquiry wants to hear your stories and experiences of COVID-19<\/strong>, to gather evidence from as many people as possible about the personal impact of the pandemic on our health, work and wellbeing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Across the eight inquiry sessions, the panel are hearing from a wide range of witnesses, from professors of public health to frontline NHS staff and more. Of course eight sessions only offers a limited amount of time and they want this inquiry to be as far reaching as possible, reflecting the fact that everyone in the UK has had a unique and varied experience of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>TAKE THE SURVEY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/peoplescovidinquiry\">h<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/peoplescovidinquiry\">ere<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Peoples Covid Inquiry Session 5: Impact on frontline staff and key workers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">7.00pm on Wednesday 21st\u00a0April with Dame Donna Kinnear, General Secretary of Royal College of Nurses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>You can sign up to watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplescovidinquiry.com\/impact-on-frontline-staff\">here<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">You can also sign up for other sessions or watch previous ones at your leisure\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplescovidinquiry.com\/join-our-sessions\">here<\/a>:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>New NWL Body to decide local Health spending:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">On 1st April a single North West London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) came in to being abolishing Ealing and all 7 of the Borough based CCGs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Clinical Commissioning Groups were set up by the Government in 2012 to \u2018buy NHS services\u2019 for their local area, which has led to a greater involvement of the private sector in running our NHS services. Now all the local CCGs in England are being abolished and the decisions about how NHS money is allocated in Ealing will be taken by this single body covering\u00a0all\u00a0of North West London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Whilst our local CCG in Ealing was not exactly a haven of local democracy, far from it, it was possible to question them and put them under some pressure as local campaigners. The new single NWL CCG which is chaired by ex- Ealing CCG chair, Dr Mohini Parmar, currently lists a maximum of 5 meetings in the next year, a far cry from the 30 + local CCG meetings. The first meeting takes place this week, on Thursday 15th\u00a0April and only lasts 90 minutes with only 10 minutes for public questions \u2013\u00a0not much democracy or accountability there then!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">We are liaising with other campaigns in North West London to ensure we question the single CCG as effectively as possible on Thursday and try to hold them to account.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Yet another US company in Ealing \u2013 this time delivering patient record systems!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">The London North West University Healthcare Trust, who run Ealing Hospital, and the Hillingdon Hospital Trust have signed a contract with private company \u2018Cerner\u2019 to supply a new \u2018electronic patient record system\u2019 (EPR). Cerner are an American supplier of health information technology and specialise in these systems.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">This new system will also allow patient information to be across North West London with all the other trusts and hospitals. Whilst there are significant benefits in Trusts being able to effectively and quickly share clinical data, the Public need to know that this data is only for the eyes of appropriate NHS staff and cannot be used in anyway by Cerner or shared with other private companies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>We have written to the London North West to seek further information and assurances.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>PM hires Chief Executive of US Operose as Health Adviser<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Samantha Jones, currently chief executive of Operose Health, the UK arm of US health giant \u2018Centene\u2019, a post she took up in January 2019 has recently been hired as a health adviser to Boris Johnson.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Previously she was Director of New Care Models at NHS England, having been appointed by its chief executive Simon Stevens and before that Chief Executive of West Hertfordshire hospitals, and previously of Epsom and St Helier Hospital.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">According to the \u2018Health Service Journal\u2019, her title in Number 10 will be Expert Adviser for NHS Transformation and Social Care Delivery.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">\u2018Centene\u2019 have been very much in the news recently for their take- over of the 49 GP Practices in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Her appointment is further evidence of the revolving door of NHS privatisation in action &#8211; senior figures in the private health sector take on senior jobs in government and vice versa.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Clearly a former private health company boss advising the government on health policy is\u00a0<strong>unlikely to make the case for a publicly owned and publicly funded NHS!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_image mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/palantir.jpg\" alt=\"palantir\" width=\"502\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_text mailpoet_padded_vertical mailpoet_padded_side\" valign=\"top\">\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Legal challenges can halt privatisation \u2013 \u2018Palantir\u2019 data deal to be curbed<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Well done to campaigning organisation \u2018Open Democracy\u2019 who successfully sued the Government over their secretive deal with Palantir, a CIA-backed data firm to process our sensitive health data, for forcing a climb-down.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Back in December, after spending months on legal efforts to get transparency on Government NHS contracts, a massive \u00a323m two year deal with Palantir was sneaked through.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">The Government had claimed that initial deals were short-term emergency COVID response, but the new contract revealed mission creep well beyond the pandemic.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Government lawyers claimed that citizens have no right to a say in major NHS contracts with big tech. But \u2018Open Democracy\u2019 believe the public\u00a0does\u00a0have those rights. So they sued and faced with the lawsuit, the government caved in. They\u2019ve pressed pause, committing not to extend Palantir\u2019s contract beyond COVID without consulting the public. They have also agreed to engage the public, via \u201cpatient juries\u201d, about whether firms like Palantir are appropriate for a long-term role in the NHS at all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">You can read the full story\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/ournhs\/weve-won-our-lawsuit-over-matt-hancocks-23m-nhs-data-deal-with-palantir\">here<\/a>:-<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>AND SOME OTHER STORIES WELL WORTH A READ!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Waiting Lists \u2013 a looming crisis<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">One of the many casualties of the Covid pandemic has also been the knock-on effect on waiting lists. The figures are pretty staggering with estimates of waiting lists doubling up to 10 million by this month and the likelihood of increased deaths in the thousands.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Whilst steps are being taken to expand capacity, mainly from the private sector, these are being undermined by the failure of the Government to properly fund a Covid recovery. The shock of there being no extra money for the NHS in the Budget was partly offset by an extra \u00a36.6billion hurriedly announced by Matt Hancock, but well short of the \u00a38bn requested by NHS England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">As this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lowdownnhs.info\/analysis\/waiting-lists-during-the-pandemic-from-zero-tolerance-to-looming-crisis\/\">excellent article<\/a>\u00a0in \u2018the Lowdown\u2019 explains, waiting lists were already growing and targets not being met well before Covid due to under investment,\u00a0creating the perfect storm!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\"><strong>Serco paid \u00a315 million to leave Pathology Contract:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">Here is yet another story of NHS money being wasted on settling legal action by private companies losing a tender. This time its NHS Foundation Trusts Kings and Guys &amp; St Thomas, who felt they had to buy off Serco to stop Serco&#8217;s legal action against the awarding of the pathology contract to Synlab.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mailpoet_paragraph\">They paid \u00a315m to pay Serco to leave Viapath &#8211; their public-private partnership company running pathology services since 2009 as an outsourced company \u2013 what a disgrace! 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