Palantir lobbied UK pensions department for its software to tackle fraud Approach follows successful contracts in the health sector 09 Aug 2023 | 20
UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm 06 Feb 2023 | 23
NHS tech chief dismisses concerns over loss of statutory power to protect patient data Outgoing CEO of NHS Digital says merger with NHS England is needed to 'provide clarity' in tech leadership 16 Nov 2022 | 37
NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed 15 Sep 2022 | 29
Former NHS AI leader joins US spy-tech firm Palantir Move coincides with NHS England's procurement of a far-reaching data platform 22 Apr 2022 | 21
Fresh concerns about 'indefinite' UK government access to doctors' patient data As England's controversial scheme to grab 55 million citizen's medical data is withdrawn, emergency powers are extended 23 Mar 2022 | 33
UK pins hopes on 'latest technology' to whittle down massive National Health Service waiting lists £500m tech consultancy procurement in the offing 09 Feb 2022 | 95
A fifth of England's NHS trusts are mostly paper-based as they grapple with COVID backlog, warn MPs Recent report on IT-led change must be acted on by NHS leaders to address pandemic fallout 07 Jan 2022 | 67
East Londoners nicked under Computer Misuse Act after NHS vaccine passport app sprouted clump of fake entries App runs off a database, and databases are run by humans 16 Dec 2021 | 105
Thought NHS Digital's wind-down meant it would stop writing cheques? Silly you. It's gone on an IT buying spree £37m signed up for soon-to-be-defunct non-dept public body 07 Dec 2021 | 34
UK health secretary confirms end for NHS Digital, architect of the GP data grab debacle NHSX also doomed in shake-up of 'odd' tech leadership structure 22 Nov 2021 | 55
Future of the three NHS bodies managing health tech in doubt after £2.1bn cash injection Health secretary signals shack-up could be on the cards 18 Nov 2021 | 39
UK aims for 'openness and fairness' in its AI Strategy – unless we're talking about favoured contractors Or the government itself, of course 11 Nov 2021 | 12
Watchdog 'disappointed' it took NHS England over a year to release details of access to Palantir COVID-19 data store Updated 18 months after controversial project began, non-departmental public body finally gives up the goods 18 Aug 2021 | 70
Snail mail would be a fool-proof way to inform patients about plans to slurp GP data, but UK govt won't commit 'Campaign of engagement and communication' might not include letter, but junior minister doesn't rule it out 21 Jul 2021 | 39
Gov.UK vows to chop red tape in the digital sector. What could possibly go wrong? Answers on a postcard below 07 Jul 2021 | 45
When free and open source actually means £6k-£8k per package: Atos's £136m contract with NHS England 'All software must be safely and securely deployed within guidelines provided to us,' says outsourcer 29 Jun 2021 | 97
Of all the analytics firms in the world, why is Palantir getting its claws into UK health data? Comment Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee asked health secretary Matt Hancock, but he wasn't much help 15 Jun 2021 | 48
Campaigners demand judicial review of NHS deal with Peter Thiel's AI firm Palantir Report says CEO sipped watermelon cocktails with NHS England chief at cosy party 24 Feb 2021 | 14
You'd have told them they should have used Apple/Google app model, right? NHSX seeks willing humans to fill health tech and data roles £93k should help interested parties stomach challenge amid tumultuous change 08 Feb 2021 | 16