Minister gives Palantir's NHS platform a clean bill of health

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£330M contract defended as value for money despite concerns over IP and lock-in

The UK government has defended its decision to put Palantir at the heart of analytics in the National Health Service.

The US spy-tech firm was awarded the contract to underpin the Federated Data Platform (FDP) after winning a succession of pandemic-era deals, worth a combined £60 million, without competition.

Palantir's NHS rollout in England – Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland organize their services along different lines – has attracted heated criticism.

Liberal Democrat MP Martin Wrigley last month led a debate in Parliament, saying he had seen evidence the FDP is awful to use, only benefits a quarter of its user organizations, and leaves the NHS owning no intellectual property for connecting software.

"The current contract delivers a subscription service that leaves no deliverables after the subscription – no software, no improvements...

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