We must see the positives and not make the Federated Data Platform (FDP) something that it is not, Dr Vin Diwakar told an audience in his opening keynote speech at HETT 2023.The interim director…
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Former head of NHS digital policy Matthew Gould has been appointed to the advisory board of leading UK data technology company Quantexa, one of the remaining bidders for the NHS’ £480m federated data platform.Gould,…
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Sticking with a hugely expensive plan to develop a ‘mythical beast’ of a fighter plane in the 1960s did not end well for the government of the day. The Federated Data Platform may be…
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NHS England’s proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) was the subject of a lively Digital Networks Webinar debate on September 8, with opponents of the project convincing enough that they flipped initial 69-39% audience support…
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National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care Nicola Byrne has warned NHS England that it must ensure that it is fully transparent with the public about the aims and due diligence involved in…
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Non-profit legal advocacy organisation Foxglove has launched a campaign against the proposed Federated Data Platform (FDP) and Palantir, the frontrunner for the £480 million contract, following a a report that it has sent to…
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NHS England has advertised a procurement contract worth up to £35 million to create a new NHS privacy enhancing technology (NHS-PET), as part of its planned Federated Data Platform (FDP) programme. The announcement said NHS-PET…
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NHS England has awarded a new 12-month contract worth £25 million to US data analytics giant Palantir to “transition” its current projects with the health service to the new Federated Data Platform (FDP) supplier,…
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The new NHS mandate prioritises electronic health record (EHR) targets, development and delivery of the federated data platform (FDP) and transformation of the NHS app in an effort to help recovery and improve the…
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The NHS plans to set up an academy to train some of the 12,000 new data and analytics specialists the health service needs by 2030 and could look to the private sector to fund…
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