pharmaphorum June 21, 2023
Phil Taylor

NHS England has awarded a new contract to US data analytics company Palantir to transition existing NHS projects into a new federated data platform (FDP), prompting pushback from organisations unhappy about the tender process.

The 12-month contract – worth £25 million – puts Palantir in strong contention for a £480 million contract to provide the FDP, which would create a single point of access to patient data across NHS England. That contract is expected to be awarded within the next few months.

US-based Palantir – chaired by staunch Donald Trump ally and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel – has been providing data services to the UK government since the start of the pandemic.

According to the bidstats.uk website, the latest contract...

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