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\u201cIt’s exactly the use case that you don’t outsource, and you certainly don’t outsource outside the country,\u201d Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute, a think tank founded by the former prime minister, tells WIRED. \u201cWe should be learning from that data and building a better health service, not allowing an offshore company to learn and build better products they can sell to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ayub Bhayat, the director of data and analytics at the NHS, tells WIRED that the federated data platform is helping patients \u201cwhile saving money for NHS teams and taxpayers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no requirement for its use,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

In early June, members of Parliament published a report warning<\/a> that the UK\u2019s growing dependence on Palantir represents \u201can unacceptable point of weakness.\u201d The company is on track to become highly entangled in the public sector, the parliamentary committee argued, giving it immense leverage over the British state. The report also described a \u201cclear mismatch with UK values.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the report was published, the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, said<\/a> that the government is conducting a review of \u201cevery single aspect\u201d of the NHS contract with Palantir before deciding whether to carry the deal forward.<\/p>\n

Responding to the report in an op-ed<\/a> published by The Telegraph, Mosley accused the MPs of \u201cputting politics above patients\u201d and fearmongering over the possibility that the company might abuse its access to sensitive health data. \u201cEach NHS trust controls its own data; Palantir cannot use it, sell it, or move it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Whether or not the government decides to carry the NHS contract forward, Palantir has demonstrated a willingness to resist attempts to oust it from the UK public sector. According to The Times<\/a>, the company is gearing up to sue the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, who blocked a $65 million deal with the Metropolitan Police, citing concerns about the procurement process and \u201cvalues.\u201d<\/p>\n

A couple of hours after the demonstrations began, the protesters withdrew to a caf\u00e9 at the nearby public library.<\/p>\n

The group shared an optimism over a perceived swell in momentum behind calls to eject Palantir from the NHS, particularly in the wake of the parliamentary report. \u201cWe have this really big opportunity right now, because of the break clause,\u201d says Lurken, the Pull the Plug cofounder.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s also a world in which renewed public attention to the Palantir question could backfire, some feel, if the government decides to forge ahead with the contract. Another protester, who gave his name as JJ and identified himself as an NHS practitioner, says he worries that Palantir\u2019s notoriety could cause already-skittish patients to think twice before volunteering information to their health care provider, with implications for their care. \u201cWe know that people don\u2019t want to tell us everything. People are already distrustful. They\u2019re just going to clam up,\u201d says JJ. \u201cWe\u2019re going to get less information, less history to be able to help people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Isabella Ward.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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