A senior NHS health official has condemned as "very misleading" the discrepancy between the health service’s public claims about widespread adoption of Palantir’s AI-powered medical data platform and the reality reported by the trusts involved. While NHS England lists 29 hospital trusts as already benefiting from the £330 million federated data platform, multiple trusts have confirmed they are either not using the system at all or have yet to implement it. The revelation raises questions about the transparency and effectiveness of the NHS’s rollout of the controversial technology. Concerns over the gap between stated progress and actual usage could further fuel criticism of the platform’s rollout.
Exclusive: Gap between NHS claim and trusts’ comments described as ‘very misleading’ by senior health officialMore than two dozen hospital trusts the NHS claims have benefited from Palantir’s medical data platform are not using all or most of the AI-powered technology, the Guardian can reveal.The 29 hospital trusts that NHS England publicly lists as “realising benefits” from the controversial £330m federated data platform (FDP) have said the system is not live or they are not using any of its applications. The apparent gap between the NHS claim and the trusts’ understanding was described as “very misleading” by one senior health official. Continue reading...
