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Palantir's NHS data deal called in for a second opinion

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Experts welcome contract review after claims NHS England missed chance to grow UK health tech market

Experts have welcomed the UK government's decision to review its contract with Palantir to provide software central to tackling the elective care backlog.

The US spy-tech biz has, for some, been a controversial presence at the heart of the National Health Service in England since it was awarded a contract for just £1 to help provide data tools during the pandemic. It later won £60 million in uncontested deals. After the pandemic, it won a £330 million award – with other companies as partners – to provide the Federated Data Platform (FDP) under a SaaS model for the former Conservative government.

NHS England defended the decision to award the FDP contract to Palantir after a competitive tender, saying it would help provide increased productivity necessary to help the NHS recover from...

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