Palantir group wins National Health Service software contract award

The United Kingdom National Health Service said it will roll out new software from spring next year “to deliver better joined-up care for millions of patients, help tackle waiting lists and reduce hospital discharge delays.” Following an open and competitive tender process, the contract to provide the software has been awarded to a group led by Palantir Technologies UK (PLTR), with support from Accenture (ACN), PwC, NECS and Carnall Farrar, the agency said in a statement. The contract award will see investment over the course of seven years as more trusts join the platform. In the first contract year, investment is expected to be at least GBP 25.6M. Over the contractual period of seven years, there will be up to GBP 330M investment in the Federated Data Platform and associated services.