More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
Exclusive: Campaign comes amid backlash against tech company’s involvement with Israeli military and Trump’s ICE crackdown
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Tens of thousands of people have formally demanded NHS England blocks the Palantir-powered national medical data platform from handling their personal information.
More than 44,000 people have filed legal objections to their health data being shared with, stored in or used by the nationwide Federated Data Platform (FDP) operated using the US company’s AI technology. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data
NHS England is today locked in a “tribal power struggle” between senior management who are ordering staff to “aggressively press ahead with deployment” of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform, and frontline clinicians and data workers who know that, in its current form, FDP is as good as useless.
🔴 For the past year @lucasamin.bsky.social and I have been investigating Palantir in the UK
What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate
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What we found was a company with unrivalled political access, selling a product many data experts in the NHS don’t use, and don’t rate
Please read and share
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"It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure
Our new investigation reveals the problems with Palantir’s NHS tech - and the unrivalled political access that fuelled the firm’s march into the British state
democracyforsale.substack.com
July 15, 2026 at 8:15 AM
NHS England is today locked in a “tribal power struggle” between senior management who are ordering staff to “aggressively press ahead with deployment” of Palantir’s Federated Data Platform, and frontline clinicians and data workers who know that, in its current form, FDP is as good as useless.
Palantir currently runs the tech that links our health data across the NHS
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
March 2, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Palantir currently runs the tech that links our health data across the NHS
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
"Patients cannot opt out of having their sensitive healthcare data stored on Palantir’s Federated Data Platform (FDP), and some Palantir staff are granted 'unlimited access' to identifiable patient data by NHS England."
novaramedia.com/2026/09/29/p...
novaramedia.com/2026/09/29/p...
Pressure Mounts at Labour Conference to Kick Palantir Out of NHS
The NHS’s contract with Palantir has come under pressure at Labour party conference, with 20k party members backing a motion to end the service’s reliance on the US spytech firm.
novaramedia.com
September 29, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Patients cannot opt out of having their sensitive healthcare data stored on Palantir’s Federated Data Platform (FDP), and some Palantir staff are granted 'unlimited access' to identifiable patient data by NHS England."
novaramedia.com/2026/09/29/p...
novaramedia.com/2026/09/29/p...
“Palantir says the FDP (federated data platform) could not be compared ‘like for like’ with other systems because of the ‘additional security’ embedded in it.”
What… the hell… does that even mean?
What… the hell… does that even mean?
July 15, 2026 at 10:33 AM
“Palantir says the FDP (federated data platform) could not be compared ‘like for like’ with other systems because of the ‘additional security’ embedded in it.”
What… the hell… does that even mean?
What… the hell… does that even mean?
You want to opt out of Palantir abusing your health data, right?
Sign the petition and share, please!
Sign the petition and share, please!
Petition: Introduce an NHS data opt-out & require a consultation for system expansions
Introduce a clear national opt-out for NHS data processed in the Federated Data Platform (FDP) and National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) and require a full public consultation before any further exp...
petition.parliament.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
You want to opt out of Palantir abusing your health data, right?
Sign the petition and share, please!
Sign the petition and share, please!
ICYMI: Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
200,000-strong union says spy-tech firm's ICE work undermines patient trust
British doctors are being urged to pull back from the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) after their union called on members to stop non-clinical use of the Palantir-built system.…
dlvr.it
February 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
ICYMI: Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
200,000-strong union says spy-tech firm's ICE work undermines patient trust
British doctors are being urged to pull back from the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) after their union called on members to stop non-clinical use of the Palantir-built system.…
dlvr.it
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Doctors told to give Palantir's NHS data platform the cold shoulder
The NHS’s half-billion-pound deal with Palantir.
It’s the largest data deal in NHS history. Today, the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP) – was awarded to US company Palantir. It’s bad news.
🔥 Here’s what you need to know about it, by data lawyers:
It’s the largest data deal in NHS history. Today, the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP) – was awarded to US company Palantir. It’s bad news.
🔥 Here’s what you need to know about it, by data lawyers:
The NHS’s half-billion-pound deal with Palantir: what you need to know
US data giant Palantir awarded unprecedented contract to manage all UK medical records
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2023 at 6:24 PM
The NHS’s half-billion-pound deal with Palantir.
It’s the largest data deal in NHS history. Today, the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP) – was awarded to US company Palantir. It’s bad news.
🔥 Here’s what you need to know about it, by data lawyers:
It’s the largest data deal in NHS history. Today, the ‘Federated Data Platform’ (FDP) – was awarded to US company Palantir. It’s bad news.
🔥 Here’s what you need to know about it, by data lawyers:
And let’s not forget Thiel was behind Cambridge Analytica (Brexit Facebook ads) & Palantir who have access to our NHS data.
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
NHS England must cancel its contract with Palantir
In November 2023, NHS England awarded Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform (FDP) that aims to provide “joined up” NHS services.1 Palantir...
www.bmj.com
March 1, 2025 at 7:34 AM
And let’s not forget Thiel was behind Cambridge Analytica (Brexit Facebook ads) & Palantir who have access to our NHS data.
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
NHS digital leaders have called for greater clarity over the direction of national technology programmes including the federated data platform (FDP) and the NHS App.
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/09/nhs-...
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/09/nhs-...
September 30, 2026 at 10:46 AM
NHS digital leaders have called for greater clarity over the direction of national technology programmes including the federated data platform (FDP) and the NHS App.
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/09/nhs-...
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/09/nhs-...
"Palantir, a US-based data analytics company, was awarded a contract by NHS England to develop and manage the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP)"
NEW: ICE has updated a $30 million contract with Palantir for it to build a new platform "ImmigrationOS," which the agency expects will give it "near real-time" data on people self-deporting, among other capabilities. @carolinehaskins.bsky.social reports www.wired.com/story/ice-pa...
ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform
In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
www.wired.com
April 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Palantir, a US-based data analytics company, was awarded a contract by NHS England to develop and manage the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP)"
NHS England has awarded the £480m contract for its federated data platform (FDP) to the US spy technology firm Palantir, in the face of opposition from the BMA, the Doctors’ Association UK, patients’ groups, and privacy campaigners. 🤔
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
Palantir gets £480m contract to run NHS data platform
NHS England has awarded the £480m contract for its federated data platform (FDP) to the US spy technology firm Palantir, in the face of opposition from the BMA, the Doctors’ Association UK, patients’ ...
www.bmj.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
NHS England has awarded the £480m contract for its federated data platform (FDP) to the US spy technology firm Palantir, in the face of opposition from the BMA, the Doctors’ Association UK, patients’ groups, and privacy campaigners. 🤔
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
www.bmj.com/content/383/...
And then there is Palantir's £480m contract to run NHS data platform: www.bmj.com/content/383/...
April 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
And then there is Palantir's £480m contract to run NHS data platform: www.bmj.com/content/383/...
Good news. NHS Blood and Transplant has confirmed that they do not use Palantir Software or any NHS Federated Data Platform.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pala...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pala...
March 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Good news. NHS Blood and Transplant has confirmed that they do not use Palantir Software or any NHS Federated Data Platform.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pala...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pala...
Palantir’s NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) could exceed £1.1 billion, and generate roughly £800 million in benefits projected, according to a cost assessment by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.
September 23, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Palantir’s NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) could exceed £1.1 billion, and generate roughly £800 million in benefits projected, according to a cost assessment by the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority.
Protesters have gathered outside the Labour Party Conference calling for the government not to extend Palantir’s £330 million federated data platform (FDP) contract.
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/10/pres...
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/10/pres...
October 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Protesters have gathered outside the Labour Party Conference calling for the government not to extend Palantir’s £330 million federated data platform (FDP) contract.
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/10/pres...
www.digitalhealth.net/2026/10/pres...
BREAKING: a second select committee has called on the government to trigger the break clause in the NHS contract with Palantir.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
Drop Palantir’s Federated Data Platform and look for alternative, MPs tell Health Minister - Committees - UK Parliament
MPs have urged the government to cut ties with Palantir and the Federated Data Platform (FDP), and to begin looking for an alternative.
committees.parliament.uk
July 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
BREAKING: a second select committee has called on the government to trigger the break clause in the NHS contract with Palantir.
committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
committees.parliament.uk/committee/81...
Currently there’s no data sharing opt out option for the new NHS systems Federated Data Platform (FDP) & National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) both awarded to Palantir Technologies !
All your health data.
Anonymisation can be overcome once you start matching common data to other large databases.
All your health data.
Anonymisation can be overcome once you start matching common data to other large databases.
Petition: Introduce an NHS data opt-out & require a consultation for system expansions
Introduce a clear national opt-out for NHS data processed in the Federated Data Platform (FDP) and National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) and require a full public consultation before any further exp...
petition.parliament.uk
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Currently there’s no data sharing opt out option for the new NHS systems Federated Data Platform (FDP) & National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) both awarded to Palantir Technologies !
All your health data.
Anonymisation can be overcome once you start matching common data to other large databases.
All your health data.
Anonymisation can be overcome once you start matching common data to other large databases.
Palantir’s work with Britain’s National Health Service is an important precedent here www.bmj.com/content/386/...
April 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Palantir’s work with Britain’s National Health Service is an important precedent here www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Questions have been raised about whether Palantir can be trusted, is effective or even value for Money!!
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
NHS England must cancel its contract with Palantir
In November 2023, NHS England awarded Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform (FDP) that aims to provide “joined up” NHS services.1 Palantir...
www.bmj.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Questions have been raised about whether Palantir can be trusted, is effective or even value for Money!!
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Peter Thiel’s company Palentir, has a massive data contract with the NHS.
November 13, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Peter Thiel’s company Palentir, has a massive data contract with the NHS.
📌 Watchdog, Health Foundation (HF), Study found there was “no meaningful difference” in discharge delays at NHS trusts that had adopted the Palantir FDP tool and those that had not.
www.ft.com/content/cbd1...
www.ft.com/content/cbd1...
Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays, study says
Think-tank’s findings likely to add to calls for audit of NHS England claims around Federated Data Platform
www.ft.com
July 27, 2026 at 8:18 AM
📌 Watchdog, Health Foundation (HF), Study found there was “no meaningful difference” in discharge delays at NHS trusts that had adopted the Palantir FDP tool and those that had not.
www.ft.com/content/cbd1...
www.ft.com/content/cbd1...
How can @bbcr4today do an entire item about keeping NHS data private without telling people the horse has already bolted. Never mentioned that the government, despite protest & huge concerns, sold our NHS data to US firm Palantir, formerly run by Musk’s mate, Peter Thiel www.bmj.com/content/386/...
NHS England must cancel its contract with Palantir
In November 2023, NHS England awarded Palantir a £330m contract to create a new data management system called the Federated Data Platform (FDP) that aims to provide “joined up” NHS services.1 Palantir...
www.bmj.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
How can @bbcr4today do an entire item about keeping NHS data private without telling people the horse has already bolted. Never mentioned that the government, despite protest & huge concerns, sold our NHS data to US firm Palantir, formerly run by Musk’s mate, Peter Thiel www.bmj.com/content/386/...