Question follow-through · 3732
Medical Records: Palantir
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients may opt out of the use of their data within systems operated by Palantir Technologies without prejudice to their treatment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 20 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether patients may opt out of the use of their data within systems operated by Palantir Technologies without prejudice to their treatment.
1 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment to allow staff to better co-ordinate care, through managing theatre time better, improving the speed of a cancer dia...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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