US EditionHealth chief wants NHS to boost Palantir use, despite US military links
Ming Tang says the £330 million platform is speeding diagnoses and treatments as staff boycott it over privacy and ethics concerns.
- On Thursday, NHS staff were reported boycotting the Palantir Federated Data Platform over ethical, privacy, and trust concerns, according to a Financial Times report.
- Part of a £330 million contract awarded to Palantir in 2023, the FDP was designed to connect disparate health systems and clear care backlogs.
- Staff reported feeling uncomfortable using the system, with one noting it "doesn't do anything new for us," while the British Medical Association has urged doctors to stop usage due to Palantir's work with ICE.
- Government officials are pushing to terminate the deal using a break clause, citing transparency issues and concerns regarding patient data access.
- Members of Parliament have rejected Palantir's claim that the push is "ideologically motivated," even as the company recently secured a three-month trial with the Financial Conduct Authority.
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The long flirt between the British government and the great American technology companies gives signs of crisis. After years of close collaboration, from the key role of Palantir during the Covid pandemic to the partnership on artificial intelligence at the center of the plans to relaunch the economy, from London arrive signs of insufferance for the dependence on the Big Tech USA in the management of sensitive data and critical infrastructures o…
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The Palantir Problem: NHS Staff Are Quietly Refusing to Use Britain’s Most Controversial Health Data Platform
Some NHS staff have started doing something that no amount of government procurement planning accounted for: they’re simply refusing to log in. The Federated Data Platform, a sprawling health data system built by Palantir Technologies and now being rolled out across England’s National Health Service, was supposed to modernize how hospitals manage waiting lists, allocate resources, and coordinate patient care. Instead, it has become a flashpoint …
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