Alarm in health service over Palantir staff being given NHS email accounts

Of the company being given access to NHS systems, a Palantir spokesperson said it was ‘normal practice for government suppliers’. Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

Health service staff have expressed alarm that engineers working for controversial tech company Palantir have been given NHS email accounts.

Employees using NHS.net email accounts have access to a directory with the contact details of up 1.5 million staff. Sources believe Palantir staff were granted the same access.