British people don’t trust Palantir – it’s not too late to reverse the NHS’s dependence on it | Ben Coleman
It won’t be easy, but next spring the job of clawing it back must begin Ben Coleman is Labour MP for Chelsea and Fulham and a member of the health and social care committee Next March, Palantir’s £330m contract to run NHS England’s federated data platform (FDP) ends.
- But that would not give the NHS the control it lacks: the freedom to switch supplier without losing what it has built.
- The tempting solution is to hire a single British firm.
- We can’t allow our health data to be locked into the control of a US tech firm.
In June, we recommended no extension – people don’t trust Palantir, its benefits are contested and other tools could deliver the same or similar advantages.
They should move on from Palantir, and transition to new suppliers that put the NHS in full control of its technology and patient data.
- Ministers must decide by Christmas whether to extend it.
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