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Many NHS Trusts Turn Down Palantir's Patient Data Platform

Many NHS Trusts Turn Down Palantir's Patient Data Platform

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Health bodies across England are declining to use Palantir's £330m federated data platform, freedom of information responses show. Sixteen trusts and health boards said they do not use it, and several said their existing systems work as well or better. Others said it helped with waiting lists and surgery scheduling. The government must soon decide whether to use a break clause in the seven-year contract.

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