Question follow-through · 65986
NHS: Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients will be consulted on changes to purpose-based access policies during the contract with Palantir.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 8 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients will be consulted on changes to purpose-based access policies during the contract with Palantir.
10 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2025
Answer published
The National Health Service is committed to maintaining public trust and transparency in the use of patient data and to ensuring that patients and the public are informed and engaged in decisions that affect how their data is used. This aligns with NHS En...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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