NHS England has deleted a claim that 137 hospital trusts are benefiting from Palantir's AI health data system, after 29 trusts said they were not using all or most of the technology. The list of trusts described as live with the platform appears to have been taken down.

The Federated Data Platform was built to join up patient records, make operating theatres more efficient and help hospitals discharge patients faster. NHS England's website uses less detailed wording, saying early users saw real results, including reduced admin and faster pathways.

What the investigation found

The row follows research by the campaign group Medact, which sent freedom of information requests to every hospital trust and integrated care board in England and shared more than 100 replies with the Guardian. The Guardian reported on 2 November that at least 29 trusts listed as benefiting said the platform was not live at their site or that they were not using its applications.

Among the replies reported, Epsom and St Helier said it was not using the platform at the moment, and University Hospitals of North Midlands said it was not live and it did not intend to roll it out. NHS England has said nearly 140 trusts have reported benefits from the platform's tools.

Contract decision ahead

The row comes as ministers consider whether to extend Palantir's £330 million contract to 2029. The current agreement ends next March, and Labour MP Ben Coleman, of the Commons health committee, has said ministers must decide by Christmas whether to extend it. The Office for Statistics Regulation is examining NHS claims about how widely the platform is used. It had already warned NHS England that it had no evidence for a claim that the technology helped deliver more than 100,000 extra operations.

Sources: UKPulse, Artiverse