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A US data mining outfit with links to the CIA and former US president Donald Trump appears to have been awarded a £23.5 million NHS contract well before its official signing.
Newly obtained emails from 2020 found by openDemocracy show senior NHS England executives discussed budgeting for a new national data platform, with multiple individuals referring to Palantir as the intended beneficiary of the cash.
According to Computing Palantir secured a £23.5 million contract on 11 December 2020, to manage a comprehensive NHS patient data "datastore," expanding on its prior pandemic-related interventions.
However, as early as 5th October 2020, an NHS official messaged Ming Tang, the health service's chief data and analytics officer, with the subject line "Update finances for data platform project," indicating earlier discussions about the project's financial aspects.
A US data mining outfit with links to the CIA and former US president Donald Trump appears to have been awarded a £23.5 million NHS contract well before its official signing.
Newly obtained emails from 2020 found by openDemocracy show senior NHS England executives discussed budgeting for a new national data platform, with multiple individuals referring to Palantir as the intended beneficiary of the cash.
According to Computing Palantir secured a £23.5 million contract on 11 December 2020, to manage a comprehensive NHS patient data "datastore," expanding on its prior pandemic-related interventions.
However, as early as 5th October 2020, an NHS official messaged Ming Tang, the health service's chief data and analytics officer, with the subject line "Update finances for data platform project," indicating earlier discussions about the project's financial aspects.
