NHS trust's claim that Palantir cleared 183,000 patients from waiting list contradicted by rising backlog data
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Andrew Kersley
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An investigation by legal charity Foxglove, using FOI data, reveals that Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust claimed Palantir's Federated Data Platform software helped clear 183,061 patients from its outpatient waiting list. However, the trust's actual waiting list was rising fast during the same period, contradicting the claimed success. The article critically examines the narrative around Palantir's £330m NHS software contract and questions whether the technology is truly delivering the promised digital transformation.
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· 3 pulledThe waiting list for outpatients in need of appointments or procedures has been slashed by a whopping 183,061 people, according to data uncovered in a Freedom of Information request by legal charity Foxglove.
The reason for the remarkable performance, we're told, is controversial US tech giant Palantir, and the £330m software it has sold to the NHS in 2023: the Federated Data Platform (FDP).
Chelsea and Westminster Trust claimed the tech giant's software helped it clear a patient backlog, even as its actual waiting list was rising fast
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