🆕 blog! “NHS Goes To War Against Open Source”
The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories.
Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/
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@Edent you can't even download a list of hospitals any more!
@falken I thought that was part of https://digital.nhs.uk/developer/api-catalogue/organisation-data-service-ord ?
@Edent Oh, I know :-) Was just example of NHS closing access, not just to code recently. I fight the NHS API often :-)
@falken what kind of support do you need? It isn't like they change every 5 minutes.
If it's important to you - let them know. There's nothing I can do about it.