Louis Mosley defends Palantir as pressure grows over NHS contracts
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Updated · The Guardian · May 9
Louis Mosley defends Palantir as pressure grows over NHS contracts
10 articles · Updated · The Guardian · May 9
The UK and Europe chief says Palantir's software helped deliver 110,000 extra operations and reduce hospital discharge delays amid cross-party calls to scrap a seven-year £330m NHS England deal.
Critics including Labour MP Rachael Maskell cite Palantir's work with ICE, the Israeli and US militaries, and fears over patient-data security and public trust, while the company says it cannot access NHS records.
Palantir holds more than £600m in UK public contracts, but polling shared with the Guardian found over two-thirds of Britons worry about its expanding role and 40% distrust it over NHS data.
With its software used in global conflicts, can Palantir's promise to heal the NHS be separated from its history of enabling harm?
As Palantir's influence over the British state grows, is the UK outsourcing its future to an unaccountable foreign tech power?