Greater Manchester health system declined Palantir data platform, letter states
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A letter published in The Guardian states that Greater Manchester’s integrated care board is the only one in England to decline the Palantir-built federated data platform, having concluded its own homegrown data capability was stronger. The letter, written by Dr Devan Moodley, CEO of Health Connect Global, says the region built that capability with British universities, NHS clinicians and domestic technology firms. The letter argues that as healthcare becomes more dependent on digital platforms, cloud infrastructure, AI systems and data management technology, there is a growing risk of excessive reliance on a small number of dominant overseas, particularly American, technology companies. The letter states this is not anti-American sentiment but common sense, and asks why, if one English region can build sovereign health data infrastructure that outperforms the imported version, the country cannot do the same. The letter describes the domestic alternative as already running, not hypothetical.
What’s reported
Greater Manchester’s integrated care board is the only one in England to decline the Palantir-built federated data platform.
The region concluded its own homegrown data capability was stronger.
The capability was built with British universities, NHS clinicians and domestic technology firms.
The letter warns of a growing risk of excessive reliance on a small number of dominant overseas, particularly American, technology companies.
The letter states the domestic alternative is already running.
Key figures
Dr Devan Moodley, CEO of Health Connect Global (letter author)
Peter Geoghegan (author of the article referenced in the letter)
Andy Burnham (mentioned in the letter)
Sources: The Guardian
