# https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/

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**Created:** 2023-05-17 23:00 UTC
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## Post #1 by @marcusbaw

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/a-very-dangerous-precedent-doctors-share-concerns-over-palantir-bid-for-nhs-england-data-contract/

> Dr Baw said: “[The government] told us that they’re going to spend £480 million on a thing, but they haven’t actually got into any detail about what the thing does. They have made vague suggestions, usually in response to what was in the papers that week.”
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> This raises a lot of questions regarding the boundaries between the government and the health data gathered by hospitals and local practices.
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> “I’m a medical doctor and people tell me things in strict confidence, that’s one of the fundamental principles of medicine, it’s in the Hippocratic oath,” explained Dr Baw. “It’s a very dangerous precedent to start saying that certain elements of that data are up for grabs.”

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