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NHS insiders slam Palantir contract

NHS insiders slam Palantir contract

A glorified spreadsheet, a white elephant, or something more sinister?

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Katherine Hignett
Sep 20, 2024
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After years of warnings about privacy, dodgy procurement and a slow ebbing away of patients’ trust, the NHS in England announced on Tuesday it had offered a £330 million contract for a major data platform to a group led by U.S. spytech firm Palantir. 

There’s little question that NHS data does need reorganising. Made up of hundreds of hospital trusts, do…

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Katherine Hignett
I'm a journalist specialising in health policy, science and tech. My bylines include Forbes, Newsweek, Metro, HSJ and The Lead. I'm also a coder and founded journalist resource website EasyFOI.com.
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