# Medact disputes NHS England’s reported Palantir benefits at 29 trusts

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nhs-counts-palantir-benefits-at-trusts-that-say-theyre-not-using-it/
- Published: 2026-11-03T14:32:46+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-03T15:08:12+00:00
- Original publisher: The Register
- Original article: https://www.theregister.com/public-sector/2026/11/03/nhs-counts-palantir-benefits-at-trusts-that-say-theyre-not-using-it/5307222
- Topics: Government, Politics, UK, World

## Key points

- Medact disputes benefit claims for 29 NHS trusts.
- The trusts say they are not using the platform.
- Ministers must decide in December whether to continue the £330 million deal.

## Summary

Medact says 29 NHS trusts that NHS England lists as benefiting from Palantir’s Federated Data Platform (FDP) told the campaign group they were not using it. The discrepancy raises questions about the accuracy of the government’s case for keeping the platform as ministers consider whether to continue a £330 million contract.

NHS England lists 142 trusts as live on the platform and says 137 have reported benefits, meaning the 29 disputed trusts account for about 21 per cent of those said to be benefiting. One trust said the FDP was not live and offered no functionality beyond its existing systems; Nottingham University Hospitals said it had no implementation timeline. Palantir credits its software with supporting 100,000 additional operations, reducing discharge delays by 12 per cent and removing 675,000 patients from waiting lists. The government is due to decide in December whether to continue the contract, which is scheduled to end in February.

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