Move 'hardly aligns with commitment to learning from transparency issues'
Years of high-profile breaches have spurred movement – at least overseas
The future is cloud, but state departments are ‘on the trailing edge’ of tech adoption
GCHQ and the police are investigating the attack
Concerns over patient data ethics, Palantir's lobbying tactics and costs aren't going away
Tender for FDP platform also set to be announced imminently
NHS England seeks suppliers to facilitate better patient communications and online consultations
Controversial big data analytics firm Palantir has been awarded the £0.5 billion contract to create an NHS patient data platform, pending ministerial approval, according to health news website Digital Health.
'Bluntly, it is the wrong company to put in charge of our precious data resource'