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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

DARK SECRETS: Nhs data platform may be undermined by lack of public trust warn campaigners | Rare Historical Photos

Cori Crider photographed in her office in London, standing by a window and wearing a dark red blouse over black jeans
Cori Crider, the director of the tech monitoring non-profit Foxglove, suggested NHS England may face a legal challenge over the lack of an opt-out. Photograph: Suki Dhanda/The Observer

The NHS’s new data platform could be derailed by a lack of public trust because patients are being denied the chance to opt out of it sharing their personal medical records, campaigners claim.

NHS England will announce on Tuesday that it is handing the £480m contract to operate the new software to the US spy tech firm Palantir, sparking a backlash over privacy and its “murky” past.

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