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