30 fewer NHS trusts are benefiting from Palantir's FDP than NHS England claims
Published: 02/11/2026
| The Guardian
Almost 30 NHS trusts that NHS England (NHSE) claims are benefiting from the Federated Data Platform (FDP), supplied by the controversial US artificial intelligence (AI) provider Palantir, are actually not using the system or its tools.
NHSE lists 137 trusts as live and realising benefits from the FDP, intended to connect patient records, coordinate discharges, and schedule surgeries. However, responses to more than 100 Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) requests obtained by the medical charity Medact revealed that 29 trusts stated the technology was either not live or not in use. NHSE noted that trusts cited as gaining benefits include those using back-office features for data submission or costing rather than frontline clinical applications.
The latest disclosures add to earlier scrutiny from the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) concerning unproven NHS claims that the FDP enabled 117,539 additional operations. The OSR confirmed that it will examine the latest claims under its casework function.
The news comes as Health Secretary Yvette Cooper faces mounting pressure from MPs and campaigners to terminate Palantir's contract.
Training Announcement: The IAPP Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT) is a privacy-focused IT professional certification from the IAPP that addresses data protection requirements and controls in complex technical environments. It explores the data lifecycle, privacy risk models and frameworks, the principles of Privacy by Design, and the role of privacy-enhancing technologies within the organisation. Find out more.
Privacy Engineering Training
EU GDPR TRAINING
Image from Shutterstock, credit bixstock
What is this page?
You are reading a summary article on the Privacy Newsfeed, a free resource for DPOs and other professionals with privacy or data protection responsibilities helping them stay informed of industry news all in one place. The information here is a brief snippet relating to a single piece of original content or several articles about a common topic or thread. The main contributor is listed in the top left-hand corner, just beneath the article title.
The Privacy Newsfeed monitors over 300 global publications, of which more than 3,250 summary articles have been posted to the online archive dating back to the beginning of 2020. A weekly roundup is available by email every Friday.