{"id":3240,"date":"2026-05-27T20:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=3240"},"modified":"2026-05-27T20:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T20:24:16","slug":"defending-the-nhs-from-big-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ealingsaveournhs.org.uk\/?p=3240","title":{"rendered":"Defending the NHS From Big Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"221\">Recent reporting has intensified concerns around Palantir\u2019s controversial role in the NHS\u2019s Federated Data Platform (FDP), a \u00a3330 million system intended to improve how health data is shared and analysed across England.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"573\">An investigation by <em data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"263\">Democracy for Sale<\/em> revealed leaked internal NHS documents describing Palantir\u2019s software as \u201cslow and clunky\u201d, with some tasks reportedly taking up to ten times longer than existing NHS tools. Critics argue this undermines claims that the platform would improve efficiency and patient care. <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyforsale.substack.com\/p\/revealed-palantirs-nhs-tech-is-ten-times-slower-than-nhs-thiel-trump?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=1770414&amp;post_id=198848215&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2uz5a5&amp;triedRedirect=true&amp;utm_medium=email\">Read Article Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"575\" data-end=\"1030\">At the same time, NHS analysts and data professionals have publicly raised concerns about the FDP\u2019s long-term impact on patient trust, local NHS autonomy and the future of public healthcare data systems. Writing in <em data-start=\"790\" data-end=\"805\">openDemocracy<\/em>, the group \u201cNHS Analysts Together\u201d warned that the platform risks centralising power within a single private supplier while sidelining locally developed NHS expertise and infrastructure.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/opendemocracy.net\/nhs-england-palantir-federated-data-platform-open-letter-analysts-together\/?ref=daily-newsletter&amp;attribution_id=6a0ed8b87b9970000108703f&amp;attribution_type=post\">Read Article Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1032\" data-end=\"1397\">The debate reflects wider unease around Palantir\u2019s expanding presence in UK public services. Campaigners, MPs and healthcare workers have questioned both the technical performance of the FDP and the ethics of handing sensitive NHS data infrastructure to a US technology company with deep links to defence and surveillance work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent reporting has intensified concerns around Palantir\u2019s controversial role in the NHS\u2019s Federated Data Platform (FDP), a \u00a3330 million system intended to improve how health data is shared and analysed across England. 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