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Owen Boswarva @owenboswarva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

NHS executive lobbied data watchdog to rewrite criticism before Palantir deal www.ft.com/content/63bf... (£) Published version of Nicola Byrne's post in August 2023 www.gov.uk/government/n... Byrne's term as National Data Guardian ends in March #FOI #NHSdata #patientdata #datasharing #govtech

Emails from August 2023 obtained by the FT through a freedom of information request show Byrne delayed publishing the statement about the FDP after Ming Tang, NHS England's then chief data officer, warned it would "create significant problems" for her.

Tang raised concerns about what she argued was "inflammatory" language and a lack of balance in the statement after Byrne shared an advance copy.

4:54 PM · Sep 18, 2026

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