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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

NHS England explainer: why staff from Palantir and other suppliers have had access to patient data in the Federated Data Platform, and why that was left out of the DPIA (oops) www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechn... National Data Guardian update www.gov.uk/government/n... #NHSdata #dataprotection

Public trust and confidence

There has been much interest in this statement. The intensity of interest and strength of public feeling on this issue appear to reflect not only how deeply many people care about the use of their data, and its confidentiality, but also continuing concern amongst some about Palantir's role in the NHS. This topic has always been to some extent political. As such, people have a range of views. And public, professional and media scrutiny has only increased over time. This means that accuracy and transparency must remain central priorities for the NHS FDP programme. This incident has shown how quickly confidence erodes if the "no surprises" principle (Caldicott Principle 8) is not upheld when it comes to who can access people's data, and why.

11:51 AM · Jul 28, 2026

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