NHS counts Palantir benefits at trusts that say they're not using it

Twenty-nine NHS trusts listed as benefiting from Palantir's Federated Data Platform (FDP) said in Freedom of Information responses that they were not using it, according to health worker campaign group Medact.That represents about 21 percent of the 137 trusts NHS England lists as "realising benefits" as ministers weigh whether to continue the contract.The government must decide in December whether to continue the £330 million agreement with a Palantir-led consortium supplying the platform.Medact, which is campaigning against the deal, collected the responses to scrutinize the government's case for retaining Palantir. The relationship between the US tech biz and the NHS began during the pandemic with contracts worth £60 million awarded...

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