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Palantir: Medical Records

Asked by Dawn ButlerLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 14 July 2025UIN 65233

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether Palantir will have (a) exclusive and (b) other access to NHS patients’ DNA data as part of its contracts with the Government.

Answered by Karin Smyth

No data relating to patients’ DNA is included in the datasets processed in the NHS Federated Data Platform provided by a consortium led by Palantir. Faculty had no access to patient DNA data as part of any contract with the Department of Health and Social Care or NHS England.

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