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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

Palantir accuses UK doctors of choosing ‘ideology over patient interest’ in NHS data row

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In 2023 the UK government awarded Palantir the contract to create a new ‘federated platform’, ranging from patient data to bed availability. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

Palantir, a US data company that works with Israel’s defence ministry, has accused British doctors of choosing “ideology over patient interest” after they attacked the firm’s contract to process NHS data.

Louis Mosley, Palantir’s executive vice-president, hit back at the British Medical Association, which recently said the £330m deal to create a single platform for NHS data – ranging from patient data to bed availability – “threatens to undermine public trust in NHS data systems”.

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