PALANTIR

1. Palantir's software is not necessary to the NHS. There are British software providers which could offer the same capability.
2. Palantir's software is currently used by the Israeli military to support their destruction of the Palestinian people in Occupied Gaza. Palantir's software is geared towards state surveillance - there is no guarantee that it will keep UK patient information secure & private.
3. An increasing number of organisations and people are concerned about the use of Palantir software by the NHS. These include:

 ●  The British Medical Association, which is the leading professional association for doctors.

BMA Chair of Council, Tom Dolphin, has said: “Given Palantir’s track record, including .... the risks to patient trust, data security, and NHS independence, we believe there must be a complete break from Palantir technologies in the NHS and no further contracts awarded.”

 ●  Rachael Maskell MP, who has raised the issue of Palantir with the Minister of Health and has spoken out against it.

https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/26123979.mps-join-call-end-contract-nhs-palantir/

 ●  Many other MPs. This link takes you to a report on the recent debate in Parliament about Palantir, led by Martin Wrigley MP, who believes that the contract with Palantir "is ..dreadful.. and is not in the national interest."

https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-04-16/debates/2FDCA71C-D0C1-4738-BEE8-A4BDA311DB99/NHSFederatedDataPlatform

 ●  The Swiss government, which withdrew Palantir's access to their data because of security risks.

In addition, it seems that Palantir's insistence on the effectiveness of its software has led to exaggeration about results. The Office for Statistics Regulation has just launched a formal investigation into this. (NHS England has quietly admitted that the most recent NHS data does not back up Palantir's claims.)

As a result of all this, Amnesty York does not believe that the York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust should renew its contract with Palantir.

If you want to support our campaign, please consider:

Contacting your local MP to express your concern about Palantir and the threat it poses to the NHS. See: https://www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-an-mp-or-lord/contact-your-mp/#jump3

Contacting the CEO of the York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - look here: https://www.yorkhospitals.nhs.uk/about-us/board-of-directors/whos-who/

For more information about the dangers posed by Palantir, look here: https://www.medact.org/2026/resources/briefings/briefing-palantir-fdp/