The NHS is granting staff from companies including Palantir ‘unlimited access’ to identifiable patient data while working on its federated data platform (FDP), the Financial Times (FT) reported.
The change, outlined in an internal briefing note seen by the FT, relates to the National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT), described as a “safe haven for data” before it is “pseudonymised” and shared with other systems, the report said.
NHS England will create an “admin” role, granting Palantir staff “unlimited access” to the NDIT and identifiable patient data, the FT added.
As well as Palantir employees, this could include staff from consultancy firms who have been drafted in to work on the FDP. The change marks a clear shift from the current practice, which requires any individual working with the NDIT to apply for clear data access for specific data sets.
An NHS England spokesperson told Digital Health News: “The NHS has strict policies in place for managing access to patient data and carries out regular audits to ensure compliance — including monitoring the work of engineers helping to set up the central data collection platform that will track NHS performance and help improve care for patients.
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