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NHS England removes page after 29 trusts found barely using Palantir platform
NHS England has removed a webpage claiming 137 hospital trusts were benefiting from Palantir’s Federated Data Platform, after reporting found that 29 trusts were not using the system or were using little of it. The change raises questions about the accuracy of NHS claims and comes as ministers consider extending the company’s contract.
The platform is intended to help manage NHS data, improve patient outcomes and make hospital operations more efficient. The Office for Statistics Regulation is examining claims about its use, following an earlier warning that NHS England lacked evidence for saying it had enabled more than 100,000 extra operations. Critics, including a Labour MP, Medact and Unison, say overstated benefits could undermine public trust; Palantir argues ending the contract would put politics ahead of patients.
In short
- NHS England removed its claim that 137 trusts benefit from Palantir’s platform.
- 29 trusts reportedly said they were not using it or used little of it.
- Ministers are weighing whether to extend the £330m contract to 2029.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “NHS England deletes ‘misleading’ claim 137 trusts benefiting from Palantir AI tools”.