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owenboswarva.bsky.social
What's happening with the NHS Federated Data Platform? commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri... research briefing from the UK House of Commons Library

Concerns about vendor lock-in, also Palantir is evil

#NHSdata #patientdata #datasharing #techpolicy
October 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
owenboswarva.bsky.social
Palantir AI tech unused or little used by 29 NHS trusts said to be benefiting from it www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

@medact.bsky.social campaign www.medact.org/2024/resourc...

#FOI #NHSdata #patientdata #datasharing #techpolicy #govcomms
The contrast between the number of hospitals the NHS claims realise benefits from Palantir's technology and the statements of the hospitals themselves emerged from more than 100 freedom of information requests. NHS England states on its website that 137 trusts are "live" with the FDP, but of those described as "realising benefits", 29 responded that they were either not using the system or its apps. Epsom and St Helier said it was "not using FDP at the moment", Kent and Medway said the trust "has been focused on other priorities … the FDP is not currently live", Mersey Care said they had "not yet gone live with the FDP", Nottingham University Hospitals said "no implementation timeline has been agreed", and University Hospitals of North Midlands said: "FDP is not live. We do not intend to roll it out in the future."
November 2, 2026 at 12:15 PM
marcusbaw.com
What if Excel spreadsheets weren't the best way to share open data?

🤣🤣🤣 just joking! Of course they are. #nhsdata

Latest Everything Digital Health is @oli.zilla.org.uk showing us his very cool `ods` toolset for doing fast, local data science work on NHS ODS data.

youtu.be/8kazJK02ezk
Oli Evans on ods: Fast, Local-First NHS Organisation Data
YouTube video by Everything Digital Health
youtu.be
October 22, 2026 at 6:41 PM
gprdino.bsky.social
44k NHS patients object to #Palantir data-sharing, but NHS England can refuse objections if it shows "compelling grounds." Real problem: platform barely used, Palantir engineers have year-round admin access, and trust is eroding. Decision falls to PM before Feb 2027. #NHSData
NHS Patients File 44,000+ Objections Over Palantir Data Platform Amid Growing Trust Concerns
More than 44,000 people have filed formal objections to NHS England sharing health data with Palantir, amid concerns over supplier access, platform use and the contract’s future.
www.techtimes.co.uk
October 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
owenboswarva.bsky.social
The NHS Federated Data Platform: advice on public and professional trust www.gov.uk/government/p...

Letter to UK Government from the outgoing National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne – with rather a strong whiff of I-told-you-so

#NHSdata #patientdata #publicprocurement #techpolicy #Palantir
My advice as National Data Guardian: • Public and professional trust should be given substantial weight when evaluating any supplier of a system involving people’s health and care data. Commercial strength and technical capability must not outweigh whether the public, professionals and end-user organisations trust the arrangements. Without sufficient trust, the system is unlikely to be adopted widely enough to fulfil its potential to improve health and care. • Decisions about the future of the FDP should be supported by clear, objective evidence of the platform’s benefits and limitations, communicated transparently. NHS England’s integration into the Department of Health and Social Care presents an opportunity to strengthen the culture around, and approach to, ongoing evaluation and transparency. Technical challenge, dissenting voices and local concerns should be engaged with constructively in shaping direction and delivery, helping to strengthen the programme and support its long-term success. • Concerns about interoperability, vendor lock-in and data sovereignty must be addressed. This should include consideration of open standards and open-source technology, consistent with wider government digital policy. Whatever decision is taken about the current supplier, the FDP programme must command sufficient public and professional trust. This is important not only to the future of the FDP, but to wider trust in how the NHS uses people's data.
October 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
marketingnews.bsky.social
Brand Champions offers UK pharmacies a postcode marketing check in 14 days #PharmacyMarketing #PostcodeMarketing #NHSData #CensusData #UKPharmacies
Brand Champions offers UK pharmacies a postcode marketing check in 14 days
Census, NHS and local search data feed each UK pharmacy snapshot. No price, sample report or pharmacy client is named - so what does the check really measure?
ppc.land
October 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
ppc.land
Brand Champions offers UK pharmacies a postcode marketing check in 14 days #PharmacyMarketing #PostcodeMarketing #NHSData #CensusData #UKPharmacies
Brand Champions offers UK pharmacies a postcode marketing check in 14 days
Census, NHS and local search data feed each UK pharmacy snapshot. No price, sample report or pharmacy client is named - so what does the check really measure?
ppc.land
October 9, 2026 at 6:26 PM
justiceseer.bsky.social
🔊 #GentleReminder to the #UK:

"That SOMEONE who designed an #AISlop-KILLChainSystem-#US-SpyTechVulture/*Antichrist*- #PeterThiel -also designed the #AISlopware that is STEALING your #NHSData-and putting YOUR LIFE at risk!

And *regular guy* #Burnham KNOWS & says now't!😶

#KickPalantirOUT of #OurNHS
October 4, 2026 at 3:44 PM
justiceseer.bsky.social
There's NO "compelling reason" why the "rotten to the core" #Privateers at #NHSEngland🤮- should be REFUSING to allow #NHSPatients to "opt-out" of having their #NHSData- STOLEN by #US-SpyTechVultures-Palantir!

But there is a "compelling reason"why #Palantir is a massive THREAT to #Patients& #OurNHS!
October 1, 2026 at 2:13 PM
joannekarma.bsky.social
If you have yet to listen to this four-part podcast, showing how the #NHSdata and #Palantir data is far more than "just data"? please do so now.

The ultimate aim of a Federated Data Platform is designed to work across all arenas of govt (as in the USA) for surveillance purposes and more.
goodlawproject.org Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · Apr 22
The Shadow Contract is a 4-part deep dive into how a US spy-tech firm landed a £330m deal for our NHS data. It’s a story about power, privacy, and you.

🔍 Listen now 👇
https://goodlaw.social/1e69ba
September 27, 2026 at 12:00 PM
owenboswarva.bsky.social
NHS to suspend staff suspected of snooping on patient records www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

NHS England letter:

Unauthorised, inappropriate and unjustifiable access to confidential patient information www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...

#NHSdata #patientdata #dataprotection
NHS staff in England suspected of looking at patient records without a valid reason will be immediately suspended as part of a "zero-tolerance crackdown" on snooping. Those under suspicion will also be locked out of NHS computer systems, preventing any further viewing of confidential records, including from home. NHS England chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to every trust, ordering the measures to be introduced immediately to strengthen protection against data breaches.
September 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM
owenboswarva.bsky.social
NHS executive lobbied data watchdog to rewrite criticism before Palantir deal www.ft.com/content/63bf... (£)

Published version of Nicola Byrne's post in August 2023 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Byrne's term as National Data Guardian ends in March

#FOI #NHSdata #patientdata #datasharing #govtech
Emails from August 2023 obtained by the FT through a freedom of information request show Byrne delayed publishing the statement about the FDP after Ming Tang, NHS England's then chief data officer, warned it would "create significant problems" for her. Tang raised concerns about what she argued was "inflammatory" language and a lack of balance in the statement after Byrne shared an advance copy.
September 18, 2026 at 3:54 PM
justiceseer.bsky.social
WTAF?🤬
' #Patient-Data from #GP-Surgeries is being ADDED to the #SpyTechVulturesPalantir-built #NHSData-platform!
#NHS-Cheshire-and-Merseyside, Integrated Care Board has overseen the sharing of patient data from five local GP practices!'
SACK the #ICB!🤬KICK #PalantirOUT!🤮
www.ft.com/content/5d15...
September 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
romaynephoenix.bsky.social
#NHS #NHSdata
implausibleblog.bsky.social Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Sep 10
The Green's Baroness Bennett points out that Palantir did not have any experience in health data and only got NHS contracts after being introduced by the now disgraced Peter Mandelson

Making the case that data ownership should be with the NHS, not with external parties
September 10, 2026 at 3:29 PM
sharedsapience.com
The Other Side of the Future, September 8, 2026: Trust Rebuilt and the Walk to the Pond

A contractor gains a durable hold when a hospital cannot leave without abandoning what its staff have built.

https://sharedsapience.com/century-report/the-century-report-september-8-2026/?ref=bs
#NHSData
September 9, 2026 at 3:06 PM
no-10-north.uk
14/14

Palantir is not entitled to public trust as an implied term of a £330m contract.

Government must not call lawful opt-outs an obstacle.

Retain the supplier only on demonstrated evidence. If replacing it, begin now.

Trust is an assurance output.

#NHSData
@unroll.skywriter.blue
September 8, 2026 at 9:18 AM
justiceseer.bsky.social
2/2 And here's the *even more* "deranged,creepy, #Palantir-CEO/" #Antichrist"-PeterThiel-"hallucinating" *even more*..than an #AI-SlopBot!🤪😜

This LUNATIC's #SpyTechVultures,Palantir..has got it's evil, #Genocidal-claws on OUR #NHSData!😱

#GetPalantirOUT of #OurNHS!🤮🤬
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YouTube video by Secular Talk
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August 25, 2026 at 1:05 PM
owenboswarva.bsky.social
The Single English County Saying No to Palantir www.wired.com/story/the-si... on the Analytics and Data Science Platform (ADSP) used by the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board

#NHSdata #patientdata #govtech #techpolicy
The health care board for one part of England, Greater Manchester, has repeatedly declined to adopt Palantir's FDP, choosing to stick with a home-spun platform developed over the best part of a decade. The board claims it doesn’t need Palantir, that its own platform is functionally superior and more trusted by the public. "[Even] a technically strong platform will struggle to realize value if clinicians, data controllers, patients or the public do not trust it," Matt Hennessey, chief data and analytics officer at NHS Greater Manchester, tells WIRED. "If we were to fully adopt the FDP … it would be a retrograde step." That claim—disputed by Palantir and other FDP advocates—has fed into a national debate over whether the government should seize an opportunity next February to terminate the NHS contract early, instead of allowing it to run until 2031.
August 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM
foleyjerry.bsky.social
#ToriesGone589

🇬🇧
Govt is AWARDING Contracts to Palantir, providing AI/Surveillance Tech used as part of #IsraelsGenocide against Palestinians in Gaza, & the West Bank!

Free 🇵🇸

See also #NHSData👇

Tell the PM to cancel Govt Contracts with Palantir 👇👌
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/cancelpalant...
Tell Keir Starmer: Cancel All Contracts with Palantir
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
foleyjerry.bsky.social
#ToriesGone588

🇬🇧
Govt is AWARDING Contracts to Palantir, providing AI/Surveillance Tech used as part of #IsraelsGenocide against Palestinians in Gaza, & the West Bank!

Free 🇵🇸

See also #NHSData👇

Tell the PM to cancel Govt Contracts with Palantir 👇👌
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/cancelpalant...
Tell Keir Starmer: Cancel All Contracts with Palantir
palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:40 PM
southwestsde.bsky.social
Can data bring us better air quality? Research using #NHSdata has shown an undeniable link between poor air quality and asthma, and now our data is making real life improvements.

digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...

#PoweredbyNHSdata
A collage image with a central blue box reading “Helping children breathe easier. Powered by NHS Data”. Images show a child with a skipping rope, with smaller images below of a child using an inhaler, two people examining data on a screen, and a car exhaust.
August 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
southwestsde.bsky.social
Don't miss this new funding opportunity from Public Engagement in Data Research Initiative (PEDRI) for up to £15k to support #PPIE practitioners in #DataResearch to develop a project embedding PEDRI good practice standards.

📅 Closes 1 September
🔗 www.pedri.org.uk/about-us/gps...

#NHSData #HDRUK
Funding - PEDRI
Information on the PEDRI Funding Call "From Standards to Impact".
www.pedri.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
southwestsde.bsky.social
We welcome this £600m investment to create a new service for secure access to NHS data. The #SouthWest SDE is already working to improve access to healthcare data while protecting privacy, so patients can benefit from faster research and improved care.
👏 www.gov.uk/government/n...
#NHSData #Research
Prime Minister turbocharges medical research
Better and faster access to NHS data for researchers, with gold standard security and privacy measures.
www.gov.uk
April 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
healthcaretoday.bsky.social
Freedom of Information data has revealed that NHS ill health retirement applications have increased by 43% since 2021/22 #NHS #NHSData #FOI #NHSWorkforce #HealthcarePolicy healthcaretoday.com/article/nhs-...
NHS ill health retirement applications have jumped over past five years
Freedom of Information data has revealed that NHS ill health retirement applications have increased by 43% since 2021/22.
healthcaretoday.com
August 5, 2026 at 6:31 AM
healthcaretoday.bsky.social
Writing for Healthcare Today, Nora Cavani, chief executive and co-founder of Alba Health, argues that the NHS doesn’t need more data – it needs better data.

healthcaretoday.com/article/comm...

#NHSData #DigitalHealth #SinglePatientRecord #NHSReform #PreventativeHealthcare #HealthData
Comment: The single patient record won’t fix the NHS’s data problem
Nora Cavani, chief executive and co-founder of Alba Health, argues that the NHS doesn’t need more data – it needs better data.
healthcaretoday.com
July 27, 2026 at 5:46 AM