Pause plans for data sharing contract to ensure trust and patient consent, plead doctors’ leaders

Doctors’ leaders have urged the secretary of state for health and social care to reconsider awarding the £480m contract to run NHS England’s federated data platform (FDP) to what most insiders believe will be US spy technology company Palantir.In a letter dated 11 November, the Doctor’s Association UK (DAUK) asked the secretary of state to “pause these plans and first take steps to ensure public trust, value for money, a trustworthy partner, and patient consent before making a decision.”This follows a 1 November letter from the BMA warning the secretary of state that “the BMA has no faith in the FDP, the tendering process, and the organisation we understand to be the preferred commercial partner.”The FDP will bring together huge amounts of patient data currently held separately by NHS trusts and integrated care systems (ICSs) in an attempt to improve officials’ decision making. It will not involve data held by…
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