"Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (ICB) has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the "best interests" of the city's population. The national Federated Data Platform (FDP) was created by the US spy-tech firm under a much-criticized £330 million ($445 million) seven-year contract awarded in November 2023. NHS England, the health quango set to be merged into the central government health department, signed the deal with the controversial US vendor after a series of non-competitive deals totaled £60 million ($81 million)."
"A board meeting in May heard how NHS England had not addressed its concerns around risks. An earlier report to the board by chief intelligence and analytics officer Matt Hennessey found Manchester's local capacity in data analytics "exceeds anything the FDP currently offers and that some of the capabilities we currently have actively in use... are around two to three years away from being fully operational with the FDP environment.""
"Manchester Integrated Care Partnership (also known as NHS Greater Manchester) oversees care and directs NHS funding in Greater Manchester. In his report to the board, CEO Mark Fisher said: "We will work with NHS England colleagues to co-develop a roadmap that establishes the criteria for value-based adoption and identifies the point at which the FDP adoption is in the best interests of the GM population." NHS Greater Manchester has spent six years building its own analytics system on Microsoft's Azure cloud platform with technology from data pipe"
Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board has again deferred adoption of the national Federated Data Platform (FDP) run by Palantir until further evidence demonstrates it is in the best interests of the city's population. The FDP was created under a criticized £330 million seven-year contract awarded in November 2023 after earlier non-competitive contracts totaling £60 million. Greater Manchester remains the only ICB in England to hold off adoption. Board reports state NHS England has not addressed risk concerns and that Manchester's local analytics capacity exceeds FDP capabilities, with some local capabilities two to three years ahead of FDP readiness. The ICB will co-develop a value-based adoption roadmap with NHS England. NHS Greater Manchester has invested six years building an analytics system on Microsoft's Azure platform.
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