Summary
UK Members of Parliament from Labour and the Liberal Democrats want the government to cancel a £330 million contract with Palantir, a US tech company working with the NHS’s data platform. The government said it will review the deal by spring 2027 but noted the platform has met its goals so far.
Key Facts
- The contract with Palantir is worth £330 million, with £210 million already spent.
- Palantir also works with US immigration agency ICE and the Israeli military.
- MPs raised concerns about trusting Palantir with sensitive NHS patient data.
- The contract supports the NHS federated data platform (FDP), used by 137 NHS trusts.
- Some NHS staff find Palantir’s tools hard to use and not standard industry software.
- Training for NHS staff on the platform, in partnership with Multiverse, has not yet started.
- The government will review the contract when a break clause comes up in spring 2027.
- Palantir claims its software helped increase NHS operations by 110,000.
