Marcus Baw
@marcusbaw.com
NHS General Hacktitioner GP, NHS IT, Software Dev
Everything Digital Health everythingdigitalhealth.com
RCPCH Digital Growth Charts https://growth.rcpch.ac.uk/
Freelance Health Tech and Discourse Forum syadmin https://bawmedical.co.uk/
#CliniciansWhoCode
Everything Digital Health everythingdigitalhealth.com
RCPCH Digital Growth Charts https://growth.rcpch.ac.uk/
Freelance Health Tech and Discourse Forum syadmin https://bawmedical.co.uk/
#CliniciansWhoCode
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Marcus Baw
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· Jul 5
GitHub - rcpch/digital-growth-charts-documentation: Documentation site for all parts of the RCPCH Digital Growth Charts Project
Documentation site for all parts of the RCPCH Digital Growth Charts Project - rcpch/digital-growth-charts-documentation
github.com
1/ I'm now at a point where I'm super proud of the work we've done at RCPCH in our fully open #DCB0129 #ClinicalSafety and #MDR documentation over the past 7 years.
Since the very start we have always had completely OPEN Clinical Safety Management File / Hazard Log.
github.com/rcpch/digita...
Since the very start we have always had completely OPEN Clinical Safety Management File / Hazard Log.
github.com/rcpch/digita...
Well I guess that's #EdSheeran busted back to, um - himself in 2011 - solo performances with a loop pedal, no backing band and no support...
There is no 'neutral', when a genocide is happening.
#FreePalestine
There is no 'neutral', when a genocide is happening.
#FreePalestine
September 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Well I guess that's #EdSheeran busted back to, um - himself in 2011 - solo performances with a loop pedal, no backing band and no support...
There is no 'neutral', when a genocide is happening.
#FreePalestine
There is no 'neutral', when a genocide is happening.
#FreePalestine
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
Dear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-rich
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it...
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.
September 12, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Fascism in Britain has not come from nothing. It is the result of decades of Thatcherism and then Austerity.
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “Today, Palestinians in Gaza still hold on to the hope that somehow everything will be rebuilt and that they will return.
“They need to understand that there is nothing left to look for there.”
“They need to understand that there is nothing left to look for there.”
September 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich: “Today, Palestinians in Gaza still hold on to the hope that somehow everything will be rebuilt and that they will return.
“They need to understand that there is nothing left to look for there.”
“They need to understand that there is nothing left to look for there.”
Today is #Gibraltar National Day!
Putting aside the many layers of politics around that contested piece of land, I'm lucky enough to have #GibraltarianStatus through my father, and so here in York we are celebrating with #Rosto and #Calentita, two culinary delights which are Pure Gib.
Putting aside the many layers of politics around that contested piece of land, I'm lucky enough to have #GibraltarianStatus through my father, and so here in York we are celebrating with #Rosto and #Calentita, two culinary delights which are Pure Gib.
September 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Today is #Gibraltar National Day!
Putting aside the many layers of politics around that contested piece of land, I'm lucky enough to have #GibraltarianStatus through my father, and so here in York we are celebrating with #Rosto and #Calentita, two culinary delights which are Pure Gib.
Putting aside the many layers of politics around that contested piece of land, I'm lucky enough to have #GibraltarianStatus through my father, and so here in York we are celebrating with #Rosto and #Calentita, two culinary delights which are Pure Gib.
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PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
web.archive.org/web/20250131...
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
web.archive.org/web/20250131...
Site Index
STIs are common. Many are curable - all are preventable.
web.archive.org
January 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
PLEASE SHARE WIDELY #medsky #IDsky #obgynsky #pedsky
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
web.archive.org/web/20250131...
CDC STI treatment guidelines have been taken down. They are archived here 👇
web.archive.org/web/20250131...
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We have just launched a new Kaggle competition called "Data Golf"! ⛳️
This is your opportunity to test your #SNOMEDCT analysis skills in the lead up to #SCTExpo26 in October! 🥸
go.csiro.au/FwLink/data-...
You have 1 month! 🏃
We'll be presenting the results back at the Expo!
This is your opportunity to test your #SNOMEDCT analysis skills in the lead up to #SCTExpo26 in October! 🥸
go.csiro.au/FwLink/data-...
You have 1 month! 🏃
We'll be presenting the results back at the Expo!
Data Golf 2026
SNOMED CT data analytics
go.csiro.au
August 28, 2026 at 6:52 AM
We have just launched a new Kaggle competition called "Data Golf"! ⛳️
This is your opportunity to test your #SNOMEDCT analysis skills in the lead up to #SCTExpo26 in October! 🥸
go.csiro.au/FwLink/data-...
You have 1 month! 🏃
We'll be presenting the results back at the Expo!
This is your opportunity to test your #SNOMEDCT analysis skills in the lead up to #SCTExpo26 in October! 🥸
go.csiro.au/FwLink/data-...
You have 1 month! 🏃
We'll be presenting the results back at the Expo!
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FUN FACT: The reason we sell petrol by the litre but measure performance by mpg is because in the 1970s oil shock, British pumps had exactly the same issue and it was easier to put stickers over the word "gallon" rather than retrofitting all the dials.
MAXXED OUT at $9.999!! GasBuddy data showing 5 stations in California that have hit the limit and are selling diesel at the dispensers highest possible price: $9.999/gal
September 10, 2026 at 2:55 PM
FUN FACT: The reason we sell petrol by the litre but measure performance by mpg is because in the 1970s oil shock, British pumps had exactly the same issue and it was easier to put stickers over the word "gallon" rather than retrofitting all the dials.
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We need to start regarding our laws themselves as 'Critical National Infrastructure' and understand and defend against the ways that bad actors can gain access to the lawmaking apparatus and make pernicious changes.
Lobbying is one way this happens, basically it's paying to change the law.
Lobbying is one way this happens, basically it's paying to change the law.
September 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
We need to start regarding our laws themselves as 'Critical National Infrastructure' and understand and defend against the ways that bad actors can gain access to the lawmaking apparatus and make pernicious changes.
Lobbying is one way this happens, basically it's paying to change the law.
Lobbying is one way this happens, basically it's paying to change the law.
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Explore this post and more from the ruby community
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September 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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This got me thinking that what is currently happening in the USA can be understood as:
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
Law is a kind of 'computer program' for the functions of a state.
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
September 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This got me thinking that what is currently happening in the USA can be understood as:
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
This got me thinking that what is currently happening in the USA can be understood as:
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
Law is a kind of 'computer program' for the functions of a state.
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
September 6, 2026 at 11:49 AM
This got me thinking that what is currently happening in the USA can be understood as:
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
1. Get access to user `POTUS` account (by fair means or foul)
2. Escalate privileges to `root` (turns out minimal protection)
3. Move laterally into other areas of law
4. Disable firewalls and install APT agents
Law is a kind of 'computer program' for the functions of a state.
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
September 6, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Law is a kind of 'computer program' for the functions of a state.
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
Reading @doctorow.pluralistic.net's account of how Mitch Glazier "snuck a clause into must-pass legislation", it struck me that in tech terms this would be a 'Supply Chain Attack' on the law.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/s...
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
Sign the petition to hold politicians to account
Together, we can make sure no one - however rich or powerful they may be - is allowed to take us or our democracy for a ride.
you.38degrees.org.uk
September 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
🚨 An undercover investigation shown on Channel 4 exposed Reform figures allegedly breaking the law over foreign funding. Now demand a full criminal investigation. Sign the petition. 🔥 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/in...
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@doctorow.pluralistic.net is on point, as ever.
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
@doctorow.pluralistic.net is on point, as ever.
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
@doctorow.pluralistic.net is on point, as ever.
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
Pluralistic: Preparing for a post-Trump internet (03 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
September 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
@doctorow.pluralistic.net is on point, as ever.
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
My comment: NOW is the time to protect ourselves from a future in which Trump can 'brick' the NHS remotely by shutting down its tech.
pluralistic.net/2026/09/03/b...
#ositowfm #opensource #linux #nhsbuntu
It will happen here.
NEW
ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too.
....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it
www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...
ICE wants to build a nationwide database of voters, their voting history and, potentially, their party affiliations too.
....and it's willing to pay someone up to $5M to do it
www.wired.com/story/ice-pl...
ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database
As part of a broader DHS surge to investigate alleged voter fraud, ICE has announced it plans to pay up to $5 million to create what amounts to a federal voter database.
www.wired.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:18 PM
It will happen here.
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You have to choose. You can't be nice to everyone. Appeasing corporations and billionaires means abandoning everyone else. When it comes to policy, it's us or them. And for far too long political leaders in this country have sided with them. If Burnham is to survive, this is what he needs to change.
September 2, 2026 at 7:21 AM
You have to choose. You can't be nice to everyone. Appeasing corporations and billionaires means abandoning everyone else. When it comes to policy, it's us or them. And for far too long political leaders in this country have sided with them. If Burnham is to survive, this is what he needs to change.
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It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it.
My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Andy Burnham has already made a mistake that will cost him his premiership: he lost his nerve over political donations | George Monbiot
Being subservient to the interests of the wealthy now means that his hands are tied, and he will be unable to tackle Britain’s most pressing issues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2026 at 7:16 AM
It is always the same betrayal: the public interest is sacrificed for the sake of immensely wealthy people. And Andy Burnham has already gone and done it.
My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column on how Burnham needs to defy the ultra-rich if he's not to follow Starmer out of the door. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NEWS: openEHR and SNOMED agree a 5 year collaboration: www.snomed.org/news/snomed-...
SNOMED International and openEHR collaborate to advance health data interoperability
www.snomed.org
March 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
NEWS: openEHR and SNOMED agree a 5 year collaboration: www.snomed.org/news/snomed-...
@roylilley1.bsky.social nailing again:
"The NHS doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas.
It suffers from an inability to nurture and keep them alive."
myemail.constantcontact.com/The-last-one...
"The NHS doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas.
It suffers from an inability to nurture and keep them alive."
myemail.constantcontact.com/The-last-one...
The last one
Email from nhsManagers.net A new department... View as Webpage Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Weather IHSCM Academy of Fab' Stuff nhsManagers.net 3rd August 2026 W
myemail.constantcontact.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:36 PM
@roylilley1.bsky.social nailing again:
"The NHS doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas.
It suffers from an inability to nurture and keep them alive."
myemail.constantcontact.com/The-last-one...
"The NHS doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas.
It suffers from an inability to nurture and keep them alive."
myemail.constantcontact.com/The-last-one...
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
Andy Burnham: no gas power stations for data centres
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil. Both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out
www.foxglove.org.uk
September 1, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Two planned data centres will emit more carbon than the entire UK operations of ExxonMobil - and both plan to build their own gas power stations. Tell Andy Burnham to rule it out! www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...
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The NHS Federated Data Platform is dead but hasn't stopped moving yet. TFBNDY.
It was procured illegally and using underhand 'drug dealer business model' tactics.
Palantir are completely exposed as Bad Actors
Mandelson and Global Counsel are implicated in Misconduct In Public Office.
It was procured illegally and using underhand 'drug dealer business model' tactics.
Palantir are completely exposed as Bad Actors
Mandelson and Global Counsel are implicated in Misconduct In Public Office.
February 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The NHS Federated Data Platform is dead but hasn't stopped moving yet. TFBNDY.
It was procured illegally and using underhand 'drug dealer business model' tactics.
Palantir are completely exposed as Bad Actors
Mandelson and Global Counsel are implicated in Misconduct In Public Office.
It was procured illegally and using underhand 'drug dealer business model' tactics.
Palantir are completely exposed as Bad Actors
Mandelson and Global Counsel are implicated in Misconduct In Public Office.
Reposted by Marcus Baw
The slew of departures at the top of NHS IT in recent weeks tells us that something is going on.
**If I were Jim Mackey and the NHS Board - I would be carefully reviewing and fact-checking what I was told about Palantir and the NHS FDP in all those NHS board meetings**
**If I were Jim Mackey and the NHS Board - I would be carefully reviewing and fact-checking what I was told about Palantir and the NHS FDP in all those NHS board meetings**
February 24, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The slew of departures at the top of NHS IT in recent weeks tells us that something is going on.
**If I were Jim Mackey and the NHS Board - I would be carefully reviewing and fact-checking what I was told about Palantir and the NHS FDP in all those NHS board meetings**
**If I were Jim Mackey and the NHS Board - I would be carefully reviewing and fact-checking what I was told about Palantir and the NHS FDP in all those NHS board meetings**
allthingsopen.org/articles/ope...
Clinicians are the only ones who will stand up for the ethics and morality of medicine, expressed in code.
Clinicians are the only ones who will stand up for the ethics and morality of medicine, expressed in code.
Open source is the only way for medicine | We Love Open Source • All Things Open
Medical software is now life-critical, from insulin pumps to genomic analysis. Yet most healthcare software remains closed-source and proprietary. Learn why open source is essential for medicine, how ...
allthingsopen.org
August 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
allthingsopen.org/articles/ope...
Clinicians are the only ones who will stand up for the ethics and morality of medicine, expressed in code.
Clinicians are the only ones who will stand up for the ethics and morality of medicine, expressed in code.