{"value":{"id":1908705,"askingMemberId":5273,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2026-05-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2026-06-01T00:00:00","uin":"3927","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government intends to exercise the break clause in the NHS Federated Data Platform contract with Palantir Technologies UK Ltd.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4603,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2026-06-16T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care to improve outcomes for patients. <br> <br> The NHS FDP is delivering for the NHS, helping people get the care they need quicker and more efficiently. Since March 2024, more than a 100,000 additional patients have been supported to undergo procedures in theatres partly by increasing theatre utilisation; nearly 94,000 people have been supported on their cancer journey, with 7% seeing a reduction in the time it took to diagnose their cancer; and there has been a 14% decrease in delays discharging patients staying in hospital for more than seven days, freeing up beds for those who need them.</p><p> </p><p>To date, 24 integrated care board clusters and 168 NHS trusts have signed up to the NHS FDP, including Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.</p><p>NHS England publishes quarterly information on benefits realised from the NHS FDP. This information is available at the following link:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/impact/fdp-uptake-and-benefits/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/impact/fdp-uptake-and-benefits/</a></p><p>The supplier contract for the NHS FDP will be reviewed in line with standard contract management processes this year, and a decision made on its extension.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Palantir: Contracts","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1908705","method":"GET"}]}