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🆕 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/

#government #nhs #OpenSource #politics
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Terence Eden · 5w
I'm quoted in this article. https://www.newscientist.com/article/2524962-nhs-england-rushes-to-hide-software-over-ai-hacking-fears/ #NHS #OpenSource #GitHub
Terence Eden · 3w
Here's a list of the ~160 GitHub repos the NHS have closed down due to security fears. https://github.com/orgs/uk-gov-mirror/repositories?q=mirror%3Afalse+fork%3Afalse+archived%3Afalse+nhs #OpenSource #CyberSecurity #Mythos
Terence Eden · 1w
Here's the response to my #FoI request https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_relating_to_guidance_2?nocache=incoming-3429727#incoming-3429727 There are no minutes of any meeting where this new anti-open-source guidance was discussed. Lends credence to the suggestion that a non-technic...