Palantir’s NHS Deal Under Fire

Palantir’s NHS contract is under fire in the UK, where a government review shows the system could cost £1.1 billion but deliver only £808 million in benefits—a gap fuelling protests at 30 hospitals, warnings from the British Medical Association, and over 85,000 patient complaints. While NHS England touts operational gains like more surgeries and faster cancer diagnoses, the official stat watchdog says the data doesn’t prove Palantir’s platform is the cause. With ministers eyeing a formal break clause and Labour split on the deal, the fate of the £330 million contract may turn on whether a rigorous, transparent review is published by December.

But here’s the catch: Palantir’s U.S. defense work is both a financial driver and a reputational risk. Recent Pentagon contracts are worth hundreds of millions, but a Bloomberg report details how Palantir’s AI was implicated in a deadly Iran strike—a scandal now cited by UK critics. At the same time, Palantir’s rapid expansion into media is drawing union pushback over privacy and data control, echoing sovereignty worries that run through both its government and commercial deals.

Based on reporting from The Observer, Gizmodo, ADWEEK, Türkiye Today, and more.

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