Palantir’s access to identifiable NHS England patient data is ‘dangerous’, MPs say

NHS England said it had ‘strict policies in place for managing access to patient data’. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

MPs have warned that an NHS decision to grant Palantir access to identifiable patient information in its plan to use AI to improve the health service is “dangerous” and will fuel public fears that data privacy is not being prioritised.

NHS England has allowed staff from the US tech firm and other contractors to access patient data before it has been pseudonymised, despite internal fears of a “risk of loss of public confidence”, the Financial Times reported.