NHS must address concerns about perceived advantage of bidders like Palantir, National Data Guardian

Nicola Byrne: People want to feel confident that the power dynamics are not skewed in favour of the commercial company

John Leonard
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NHS must address concerns about perceived advantage of bidders like Palantir, National Data Guardian. Nicola Byrne,  Source: GOV UK
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NHS must address concerns about perceived advantage of bidders like Palantir, National Data Guardian. Nicola Byrne, Source: GOV UK

Dr Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in the UK, says NHS England needs to address growing public concern about the £480 million contract to operate its Federated Data Platform (FDP).

As Computing has reported, it is widely expected that the contract will go to the controversial US data mining company Palantir. The National Data Guardian is an independent body that advises th...

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