NHS: Databases
Commons · Question 60615 · Tabled 17 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made a cyber risk assessment of the use of Palantir’s software in centralised NHS data platforms.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jul 2025
In awarding the contract for the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), NHS England made an assessment of the cyber risk and the protections offered by each bidder. The FDP has extensive security arrangements in place to manage cyber risk, including: strong n...