Greater Manchester ICB Rejects $400 Million Palantir NHS Platform as UK Weighs 2031 Contract Break
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Updated · WIRED · Aug 21
Greater Manchester ICB Rejects $400 Million Palantir NHS Platform as UK Weighs 2031 Contract Break
1 articles · Updated · WIRED · Aug 21
Summary
Greater Manchester ICB, which serves about 3 million people, has again refused to adopt Palantir’s NHS data platform and says its in-house ADSP remains better suited to regional care planning.
The board argues ADSP is functionally ahead by two to three years in some areas, includes primary-care data missing from Palantir’s system, and enjoys stronger public trust needed to secure data sharing.
That stance has sharpened pressure on the UK government, which has six months to decide whether to trigger a February break clause in Palantir’s contract, worth more than $400 million and otherwise running to 2031.
NHS figures show 139 of roughly 200 trusts and 35 of 36 England care boards are using the federated data platform, while Palantir says it is already cutting waits and hospital stays.
The dispute now reaches beyond technology performance, with MPs citing reliance on a single US vendor and critics tying Palantir’s wider political profile to whether patients and clinicians will trust the system.