Hi friends,
Recently the NHS signed a contract to work with Palantir, a company currently providing their AI surveillance software to the Israeli military to track and attack Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Palantir clearly violates the ethical standards we expect from the NHS. Amnesty International named Palantir as one of multiple companies enabling or profiteering from genocide, occupation, and apartheid.
Despite all this, Palantir received £330 million from our taxes to provide a service called the Federal Data Platform. This is a database that would hold all of the public’s medical data to make it accessible to any healthcare provider and potentially other government departments.
Palantir is also not able to provide assurances on data safety. They would be holding all of our most precious health data, with no promises about protecting it. If you want a laugh, look at their privacy policy; it’s absolutely unreadable, worse than anything we’ve ever seen from Apple!
A lot of people, us included, are worried about Palantir being so closely linked to the NHS. Doctors, nurses, patients, NHS London Branch of UNISON, The Green Party, and many more do not trust this company. We’ve even seen health workers protesting outside Palantir buildings.
Adopting Palantir’s service is not currently mandatory. Technically local hospitals and GPs are able to opt out, for now. But they only will if they know it’s an option, understand the downside of this service, and know how to navigate the purposefully confusing system. This is where you come in.
What can you do?
- Write to NHS England and urge them to terminate its contract with Palantir Technologies. (Lewisham have an amazing template)
- Educate yourself on how Palantir operates
- Reach out to your local GPs, hospitals, and medical friends. Ask them to get involved.
- Attend the Amnesty International Webinar (free) on Tuesday 28th April 7:30pm
Palantir is a military surveillance tool with no place in our healthcare system.
Do you really want this company having unregulated control of your medical records?
If you have the time, Medact has an amazing deep dive into Palantir and the NHS. I’ll leave you with this quote from their article detailing some disturbing facts about Palantir and the war crimes it has enabled to be committed against Palestinians:
“Palantir’s collaboration with the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has significantly strengthened since the assault on Gaza escalated. In January 2024, a strategic partnership was announced that Palantir would begin supplying the IDF with “advanced technology provision” for use in Gaza.[69] In a 2024 CNBC interview, Palantir’s CEO stated they are “exceedingly proud” of their “operationally crucial” work in Gaza,[70] and in 2025 responded to a protestor’s accusations that Palantir’s technology had contributed to the killing of Palestinians in Gaza by saying, “mostly terrorists, that’s true”.[71] Albanese stated in her report that these actions demonstrate an “executive-level knowledge” about the war crimes committed by Israel and that Palantir’s failure to prevent them, or end its complicity, thus undermines its responsibility under the Geneva Convention.[72]”
Next Steps:
- Have you signed our petition to stop an Arms Fair coming to Farnborough?
- Have you sent our template emails to your MP?
- Have you sent the most recent Humanti Project template email to your MP?
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