Palantir’s NHS platform expands into GP patient data sharing
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Patient data from five GP surgeries in England is being fed into the NHS's Palantir-built data platform, pushing the US firm's reach beyond its initial remit of hospital operations into local surgeries. NHS Cheshire and Merseyside, one of England's largest Integrated Care Boards (ICBs), is overseeing the move onto Palantir's Federated Data Platform (FDP). An internal NHS note seen by the Financial Times called it a "significant milestone". The FDP is a software predominantly used in hospital trusts and designed to untangle NHS datasets and clear hospital backlogs. City AM revealed in August that just one product in Palantir's FDP had cut discharge delay days by up to 28 per cent. Palantir said it was "proud" its software was "helping to improve patient care nationally". Under the Cheshire and Merseyside pilot, data from five GP practices will be used to help the ICB understand and manage the health needs of its patient population. Patient data is pseudonymised through a third party before entering the system, although it is unclear whether patients consent before it is shared. An NHS spokesperson said ICBs can access GP data "where they have data-sharing agreements in place". Some 35 ICBs in England are now signed up to the FDP, although not all use it to collect patient data for population health management. The pilot also appears to mark a shift from assurances given by...
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