The UK is reviewing its £330M NHS deal with Palantir, and may pull the plug in 2027
The British government has put its most contentious health-tech contract on notice. It is now formally reviewing the NHS’s £330mn deal with Palantir, and weighing whether to walk away in 2027.
Technology minister Liz Kendall confirmed the review this week, telling Times Radio that “the current health secretary is reviewing every single aspect of that contract to make sure we get the right deal for Britain,” according to Reuters. The question on the table is whether to trigger a break clause at the end of the deal’s initial term in 2027.
Palantir won the contract in November 2023, under the previous Conservative government, to build the NHS Federated Data Platform, a system meant to connect patient data across NHS England and support clinical decisions. It has been contested almost ever since, over how it was awarded, how patient data is handled, and how much of the country’s health infrastructure now...
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