# marcus-baw **URL:** https://bawmedical.co.uk/c/marcus-baw/27.md?page=1 [Latest](https://bawmedical.co.uk/latest.md) · [Categories](https://bawmedical.co.uk/categories.md) · [Tags](https://bawmedical.co.uk/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## ["Digital Child Growth Assessment – from print to digital for better child health" - HTN NOW November 2020](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-child-growth-assessment-from-print-to-digital-for-better-child-health-htn-now-november-2020/872)
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Archive.org: https://web.archive.org/web/20231108153800/https://htn.co.uk/htn-now-november/ --- ## [Interview for HTN on Clinicians Who Code](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/interview-for-htn-on-clinicians-who-code/428)
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Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman June 7, 2021 9:08 am HTN recently sat down over Teams to chat with Dr Marcus Baw, a GP and software developer, and Dr Simon Chapman, a paediatri… --- ## [Essential Apps for the busy GP - presentation at BCS PHCSG Education Day](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/essential-apps-for-the-busy-gp-presentation-at-bcs-phcsg-education-day/868)
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Essential Apps for the busy GP.pdf (3.0 MB) --- ## [Set up the 2020 Official RCGP COVID Response Forum](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/set-up-the-2020-official-rcgp-covid-response-forum/860)
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Originally at https://covid19forum.rcgp.org.uk, this Discourse forum was set up as an immediate RCGP response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to allow GPs to communicate freely in a safe space with each other, and with the Col… --- ## [Founded Leigh Hackspace](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/founded-leigh-hackspace/859)
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Leigh Hackspace is still operating now, and has grown https://leighhack.org/about and also the same community gave rise to this project --- ## [NHS breaks up £400mn data contract in response to privacy concerns](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-breaks-up-400mn-data-contract-in-response-to-privacy-concerns/839)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [21 October 2023 12:23 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-breaks-up-400mn-data-contract-in-response-to-privacy-concerns/839 "2023-10-21T12:23:34Z")
The UK’s NHS has broken up a £400mn showpiece data contract into several parts, but US data analytics giant Palantir remains the most prominent bidder for the health service’s operating system. The company is best kno… --- ## [Volunteer-led NHoS project ending after legal challenge](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/volunteer-led-nhos-project-ending-after-legal-challenge/824)
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For Dr Marcus Baw, co-founder of the NHoS project it was the final straw, he blogged “We’ve finally reached a point where we’ve had enough.” Dr Baw continued: “The entire NHSbuntu/ NHoS team consists of four core mem… --- ## [Campaigners warn NHS still not transparent about FDP bidder](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/campaigners-warn-nhs-still-not-transparent-about-fdp-bidder/823)
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In a debate that closed last week’s Digital Health Rewired 2023 conference, Crider and Dr. Marcus Baw, a GP and health IT specialist, reserved some of their harshest criticism for health service authorities, who decli… --- ## [Rewired Big Debate: How can the NHS Gain Maximum Benefit from Tech and Data?](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/rewired-big-debate-how-can-the-nhs-gain-maximum-benefit-from-tech-and-data/822)
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--- ## [Exclusive: NHS hospitals told to share patient data with US ‘spy-tech’ firm](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/exclusive-nhs-hospitals-told-to-share-patient-data-with-us-spy-tech-firm/821)
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--- ## [BCS Primary Health Care Specialist Group Conference 2023](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/bcs-primary-health-care-specialist-group-conference-2023/820)
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Friday 10 November 2023 15:40 RCPCH Digital Growth Charts API Dr Marcus Baw, Clinical Informatician, Software Developer and GP --- ## [A Modern Guide To Networks (book)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/a-modern-guide-to-networks-book/795)
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I worked with Louise Wilson to contribute a chapter to this textbook on the social functioning of Networks (of people), based on experience of running the Digital Health Networks forum. --- ## [Digital Health Networks webinar debates Federated Data Platform](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-webinar-debates-federated-data-platform/826)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2023 23:00 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-webinar-debates-federated-data-platform/826 "2023-09-18T23:00:00Z")
For Baw, meanwhile, the FDP was answering the wrong question, bringing the health service’s priorities into question. “Yes, perhaps an FDP does provide value and benefits, but if you had more administrative staff, yo… --- ## [Digital Health Networks Debate: "The NHS is ready for clinical use of AI - Ep 2"](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-debate-the-nhs-is-ready-for-clinical-use-of-ai-ep-2/827)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2023 23:00 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/digital-health-networks-debate-the-nhs-is-ready-for-clinical-use-of-ai-ep-2/827 "2023-07-13T23:00:00Z")
Baw focused on the lack of overall guidelines for the use of AI in clinical settings, observing that with experts currently petitioning governments around the world for better regulation, “it’s very difficult to openl… --- ## [https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/https-yorkshirebylines-co-uk-politics-a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/840)
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Dr Baw said: “\[The government\] told us that they’re going to spend £480 million on a thing, but they haven’t actually got into any detail about what the thing does. They have made vague suggestions, usually in respons… --- ## ["Wood Wash" - DIY wax and oil based wood preservative which is better than anything you can buy](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/wood-wash-diy-wax-and-oil-based-wood-preservative-which-is-better-than-anything-you-can-buy/772)
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What is Wood Wash? This mixture is a resilient and long lasting preservative for bare exterior wood. It is very a low viscosity liquid and so application is much easier than traditional varnishes. It soaks deeply into th… --- ## [Speakers raise doubts about FDP Palantir bid in Rewired Big Debate](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/speakers-raise-doubts-about-fdp-palantir-bid-in-rewired-big-debate/825)
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NHS England’s Federated Data Platform (FDP) procurement risks setting back data sharing in the NHS by fanning privacy fears over approach and potential choice of supplier, if the £480m contract were to be awarded to i… --- ## [Why Palantir’s latest NHS land-grab is such bad news](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/why-palantir-s-latest-nhs-land-grab-is-such-bad-news/849)
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This is what I was hoping to debate with Louis. The government wants to give his spy-tech firm, Palantir, the contract to manage a vast new ‘Federated Data Platform’. If it goes ahead as envisaged, the FDP will be the… --- ## [OpenUK's 2023 New Year's Honours List - OpenUK](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/openuks-2023-new-years-honours-list-openuk/837)
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OpenUK’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List OpenUK is pleased to share its third New Year’s Honours List for 2023, celebrating the “Social Influencers of Open Source” in the UK. OpenUK has partnered with Onalytica to use… --- ## [Let’s stop pointless reorganisations in NHS IT](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/let-s-stop-pointless-reorganisations-in-nhs-it/828)
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Dr Marcus Baw argues that 2022 has shown once again that the answer to NHS technology is definitely not to have another cycle of wasteful reorganisation. 2022 has to be the year of proving beyond all doubt that NHS t… --- ## [The 2022 Digital Academy Summit - Operational Uses of Data for Improvements to Clinical Pathways](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/the-2022-digital-academy-summit-operational-uses-of-data-for-improvements-to-clinical-pathways/844)
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Archive.org: Agenda | Digital Academy Leadership Summit | CPD certified | HEE & HETT Show --- ## [About the RCPCH Epilepsy12 Audit Engine](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/about-the-rcpch-epilepsy12-audit-engine/861)
**Author:** [@marcusbaw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/u/marcusbaw)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 March 2022 00:00 UTC](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/about-the-rcpch-epilepsy12-audit-engine/861 "2022-03-27T00:00:00Z")
https://rcpch.github.io/about-the-rcpch-audit-engine-epilepsy12/#/2/2 RCPCH Audit Engine Epilepsy12 Platform March 2022 The RCPCH Epilepsy12 Audit National Audit of Epilepsy care for the first 12 months following dia… --- ## [I'm an Electronic Frontier Foundation Member!](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/im-an-electronic-frontier-foundation-member/700)
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--- ## [NHS-R Podcast Episode 6 - Marcus Baw](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/nhs-r-podcast-episode-6-marcus-baw/833)
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A conversation with Marcus Baw, General Hacktitioner, Clinician who codes, and advocate of open source across health and medicine Marcus on Twitter: twitter.com/marcus\_baw Post on wetware: drzoeneill.medium.com/watc… --- ## [Open Data Saves Lives: Unconference](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/open-data-saves-lives-unconference/851)
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Archive.org: Open Data Saves Lives: Unconference Presentation: https://pacharanero.github.io/2021-ositowfm-odsl/ --- ## [\#OpenDataSavesLives - GP Data Special](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/opendatasaveslives-gp-data-special/843)
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\#OpenDataSavesLives GP Data Special 8 July 2021 Speakers: Dr Marcus Baw, Chair RCGP Health Informatics Group, Freelance Software Developer, Locum General Practitioner - GP Data for Planning and Resear… --- ## [\#060 Open Source is the Future of Medicine — Dr Marcus Baw (Big Picture Medicine podcast)](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/060-open-source-is-the-future-of-medicine-dr-marcus-baw-big-picture-medicine-podcast/831)
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Secrets, in Medicine, are a crime against humanity. Dr Marcus Baw holds an unusual career as a GP, Emergency Physician and health hacker. He makes a controversial claim: That we have an ethical duty to openly share … --- ## [GP Data for Planning and Research (GPDPR) and your practice](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/gp-data-for-planning-and-research-gpdpr-and-your-practice/858)
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Join DrGandalf and Dr Bhatti and Marcus Baw as they talk about GPDPR and your practice and the implications for you and your patients. Resources: GPDPR full guide: • GPDPR, the NHS data opt out and how t… --- ## [Interview Series: clinicians that code, Dr Marcus Baw and Dr Simon Chapman - htn](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/interview-series-clinicians-that-code-dr-marcus-baw-and-dr-simon-chapman-htn/832)
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Marcus: The excitement here is not just growth charts – I want to build this sustainable movement across all of medicine. In 10 years’ time, I’d be very surprised if growth charts look like they do now…this feels like… --- ## [International Federation for Integrated Care (ICIC) Virtual Conference 2020](https://bawmedical.co.uk/t/international-federation-for-integrated-care-icic-virtual-conference-2020/848)
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