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Robert BoothJournalist

The Guardian

Health & social care coverage read by Vital Signs

19 articles

Across 4 topics, first on 2 Sept 2025, most recently 7 Sept 2026.

This counts only pieces our coverage scan read on the topics Vital Signs tracks, not their full output.

Biography

Robert Booth is the Guardian's UK technology editor. Twitter @Robert_Booth . Email: rob.booth@theguardian.com . Click here for Robert's public key

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Recent articles

  1. CQC accused of failing to keep care homes safe

    The GuardianCare home closures & provider failure

  2. ‘Mistrust’ of Palantir may affect NHS research, says health minister

    The GuardianNHS waiting lists7 Sept 2026

  3. UK expects Meta to match US child safety measures after $18bn settlement

    The GuardianMental health27 Aug 2026

  4. MPs urge Labour to ditch £330m Palantir software contract with NHS

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking9 Jul 2026

  5. Online child safety campaigners call for US inquiry into Roblox

    The GuardianMental health20 May 2026

  6. Google denies breaching law by promoting suicide forum linked to 164 UK deaths

    The GuardianMental health14 May 2026

  7. Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking11 May 2026

  8. AI outperforms doctors in Harvard trial of emergency triage diagnoses

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking30 Apr 2026

  9. Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking21 Apr 2026

  10. Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking16 Apr 2026

  11. Hundreds of UK teenagers to trial six-week social media curbs for major study

    The GuardianMental health25 Mar 2026

  12. Hundreds of UK teenagers to pilot social media bans and restrictions

    The GuardianMental health1 Mar 2026

  13. NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking12 Feb 2026

  14. ‘It felt hypocritical’: child internet safety campaign accused of censoring teenagers’ speeches

    The GuardianMental health8 Feb 2026

  15. ‘I feel it’s a friend’: quarter of teenagers turn to AI chatbots for mental health support

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking9 Dec 2025

  16. Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms

    The GuardianHospital discharge / bed-blocking19 Nov 2025

  17. Teenage boys using ‘personalised’ AI for therapy and romance, survey finds

    The GuardianMental health30 Oct 2025

  18. ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

    The GuardianMental health14 Oct 2025

  19. Parents could get alerts if children show acute distress while using ChatGPT

    The GuardianMental health2 Sept 2025

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