NHS England removes claim that 137 trusts benefit from Palantir AI

On 2026-11-12, The Guardian reported that NHS England had removed a claim from its website stating that 137 hospital trusts were benefiting from Palantir's AI health data system. The decision came after the newspaper's investigation found that 29 of those 137 trusts were not using, or barely using, the controversial patient data technology at all. Prior to the removal, NHS leaders had published a list of NHS organizations described as being live on the AI-powered federated data platform (FDP) and already realizing benefits from it, with the system built by Palantir. The report characterizes the patient data tool as controversial, though the material does not elaborate on the specific concerns behind that label. As of the report, the episode stands at the point where NHS England has withdrawn the claim, and the material provides no further detail on how the published list came to describe usage that did not match what the trusts were actually doing, nor on any response from NHS England or Palantir regarding the discrepancy.