'We have no interest in patient data in the UK': Palantir UK head defends record as criticisms rise

Date:
Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:56:09 +0000

Description:
Palantir's UK boss says the company has "no interest" in actual data,
likening the company to Microsoft.

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now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Join the club Get full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards. Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Palantir's NHS contract is soon up for renewal, so UK politicians are saying how they feel Politicians are worried about the company's owner, CEO and general politics UK head says Palantir's FDP software helps cut wait times Palantir's UK boss has defended the company's contract to handle sensitive citizen data as politicians across the country call for closer examination of the company's controversial role with the NHS .

"We have no interest in patient data in the UK," Palantir UK Executive Vice-Chair Louis Mosley explained on BBC's Politics Live (via the BBC ). This comes after Palantir won a 300 million deal in 2023 to run the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), which is up for renewal. Reports say that all NHS
England trusts were advised to adopt those tools from this month. Article continues below You may like UK NHS chief champions Palantirs 'outstanding results - but staff aren't keen NHS staff push back against using 'ethically bankrupt' Palantir software, say 'it doesn't do anything new for us' 'Very significant privacy concerns': UK hands over financial regulation data to Palantir to help tackle financial crime Palantir continues to defend its UK presence The FDP was launched to link fragmented NHS systems across GPs, clinics and hospitals to improve waiting list management, bed and operating theatre availability and even supply logistics.

"I think those of us who use the NHS, the lived experience is one of disconnected, fragmented systems, explaining who you are to a different
person on every ward, at the front desk," Mosley said in a bid to demonstrate exactly where the FDP would play a role.

However, UK citizens and politicians haven't been shy to voice their concerns over Palantir's CIA funding, defense contracts and owner Peter Thiel's own politics.

Mosley also stressed that Microsoft has no access to NHS data, even though
its tools, like Excel, are used widely across the NHS and other public
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Politicians from all major UK parties have expressed, in varying degrees,
that Palantir should not be allowed to continue operating with the NHS, particularly when its CEO has accused the NHS of being a 'delusion'.

More broadly, with Europe pushing technological independence and sovereignty hard and Britain following suit, such heavy influence from an American tech company might not be so welcome anyway.

A growing number of NHS staff in the UK are even reportedly refusing to use the FDP , with reports of informal boycotts from both clinical and non-clinical staff. Follow TechRadar on Google News and add us as a preferred source to get our expert news, reviews, and opinion in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button!

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