Few technology contracts in the history of the NHS have generated as much interest, scrutiny and hostility as the Federated Data Platform. Awarded to Palantir Technologies in November 2023 with a headline value of up to £330 Million over seven years, the FDP was billed as the digital backbone that would finally join up the NHS's notoriously fragmented data estate. Nearly three years on, the platform is live in the majority of English acute trusts, NHS England is publishing q