PALANTIR

Campaigners claim patient privacy concerns around new data platform

Concerns over patient data ethics, Palantir's lobbying tactics and costs aren't going away

Tender for FDP platform also set to be announced imminently

Secrecy is no way to run the NHS

Controversial big data analytics firm Palantir has been awarded the £0.5 billion contract to create an NHS patient data platform, pending ministerial approval, according to health news website Digital Health.

'Bluntly, it is the wrong company to put in charge of our precious data resource'

Move comes ahead of expected announcement of Federated Data Platform contract award

Former head of NHSX, Matthew Gould played a significant role in the procurement of the NHS data store during the pandemic

Labour and Conservative ministers call for more scrutiny

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