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Ben Goldacre

@bengoldacre

Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science, more. I run bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data OpenSAFELY.org OpenPrescribing.net

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Also, exciting news here about new Ā£17m investment from Wellcome in our secure efficient OpenSAFELY platform to build privacy preserving tools on top of mental health data for researchers, and more. Huge thanks to Wellcome and NHS England as ever. phc.ox.ac.uk/news/researche…

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Really great to see the magnificent Rory Cellan-Jones writing about patient data, trust, and delivery in our OpenSAFELY platform.. thanks! rorycellanjones.substack.com/p/health-data-…

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Great piece in The BMJ about our OpenSAFELY platform granting unprecedented secure, transparent, efficient access to whole population GP data for analysts in collaboration with NHS England bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Great piece in <a href="/bmj_latest/">The BMJ</a> about our <a href="/OpenSAFELY/">OpenSAFELY</a> platform granting unprecedented secure, transparent, efficient access to whole population GP data for analysts in collaboration with <a href="/NHSEngland/">NHS England</a>  bmj.com/content/388/bm…
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If you want to protect fish- stop fishing. If you love birds and bats so much, ban pet cats. Those are the things that kill them. Don’t stop building trains and power plants because a handful of fish or bats might die. Insanity.

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Saw this model railway of Brief Encounter today. Scenery and trains, all black and white. It's a great idea, and very evocative, and it hurts your brain because a segment of your 3d environment is bafflingly monochrome. Possibly the best art I've seen this year.. modelrailwayquest

Saw this model railway of Brief Encounter today. Scenery and trains, all black and white. It's a great idea, and very evocative, and it hurts your brain because a segment of your 3d environment is bafflingly monochrome. Possibly the best art I've seen this year.. <a href="/modelrailquest/">modelrailwayquest</a>
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This is so true and so tragic. The NIMBYs, by successfully driving rents and prices higher to enrich themselves, are killing our economic prospects, and so much else with it.

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We're adding hospital prescribing data to our hugely popular openprescribing data platform. So... What does NHS hospital prescribing data look like? As ever, our team culture is to build, but also to document, all in the open. Here is a deep deep dive... bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/03/o…

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If you want a map of how to be a bad-ass and a compassionate professional at the same time, read this, on our mighty friend Kate's mighty dad. British public health has heroes hiding in corners, like the Isle of Wight. washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

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"Have you thought about applying the @opensafely model, for data privacy and efficiency, to non-health data?" YES WE HAVE Behold the new... OpenSAFELY-Schools!! schools.opensafely.org