UK government prescribes Single Patient Record for NHS data chaos
Public Sector
Doctors welcome joined-up care plan, but warn patient trust depends on safeguards, access controls, and knowing where Palantir fits in
The UK government has confirmed plans for a Single Patient Record (SPR), a major overhaul of NHS health data management that could involve the service's controversial Palantir-run Federated Data Platform (FDP).
In the King's Speech yesterday, the Labour government said it would push ahead with plans to introduce the NHS Modernisation Bill in the new Parliamentary year, which is set to include legislation for the introduction of the SPR.
Previous governments have found their efforts to bring together electronic patient records held by family doctors, hospitals, and other specialist services beset by technical complexity, a mind-bending web of rules and roles, and some cultural intransigence. Nonetheless, the government saidits plan for the SPR would allow the NHS to "bring together patients' health and social care records into...
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