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"Foundry is a proprietary product. Some #NHS data analysts told us that all their work on the FDP would be lost if they no longer had access to #Palantir’s platform. This raises concerns over what many experts call “vendor lock in”. Once you start using a Silicon Valley tech company’s product, it can …

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, asks Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

How Palantir woos politicians and senior managers and then locks in data and customers. Enormous cost and inflexibility follows.
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS #nhs #data

If anyone thinks a privatised NHS would be good. Take a look at the Pharmacy network, pretty much all in the private sector. With two critical acute medicines on prescription on Friday, I visited 4 pharmacies without obtaining the items. The fifth pharmacy had one item. The remaining item has been ordered from online supplier but doesn't arrive until Wednesday. #NHS
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