It should be pointed out that NHS England is a management layer and is in the process of being dismantled so that NHS services in England are managed directly by the NHS and not a third layer between hospitals/doctors and the Department of health.
NHS England quietly removes open source policy web pages
Submitted 3 days ago by RobotToaster@mander.xyz to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/12/nhs-england-quietly-removes-open-source-policy-web-pages/
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Womble@piefed.world 2 days ago
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 days ago
they do directly comission some highly specialised services.
HisArmsOpen@crust.piefed.social 2 days ago
Nothing at all to do with certain US companies including MicroSLOP and others. " Please look away, we can assure you that this is complicated policy that you won’t understand "
oeuf@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
What exactly was formerly open source? I think the NHS has the more to gain from open source than almost anyone else I can think of. Incidentally they are also sitting on possibly the most valuable dataset on the planet.
HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 days ago
github.com/orgs/NHSDigital/repositories. The UK gov has a lot of open source code repos, which is pretty neat.
OiMate@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Surely soon to be had?
mjr@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Getting ready to buy more secret-source systems from dodgy providers?
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No. Just Oracle crap.