Foxglove
Coverage of Foxglove in the Nexus archive.
- Stats watchdog prescribes stronger caveats for NHS Palantir claims
The UK's statistical regulator has urged NHS England to improve transparency and accuracy in data claims about the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP), developed by Palantir. Campaign group Foxglove highlighted discrepancies, including a reported 84% drop in outpatient waiting lists at one hospital and conflicting data on procedure increases, prompting the regulator to assess NHS England's data practices.
- NHS told to show its working on Palantir platform benefits
A campaign group, Foxglove, has demanded the UK health minister clarify data justifying a £330 million NHS investment in Palantir's data-sharing system. NHS England claimed 139 trusts using the Federated Data Platform reported benefits, but an FOI request revealed nearly a third performed fewer procedures post-implementation. The Office for Statistics Regulation is assessing the validity of NHS England's claims.
- Rights groups brand Home Office's AI age guesser for asylum-seekers as biased and inaccurate
Over 60 rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have urged the UK Home Office to abandon plans to use AI-powered facial age estimation to determine the age of asylum-seeking children, citing concerns about bias, inaccuracy, and legal issues. The technology, set for a 2027 rollout, faces criticism for unreliable performance, particularly affecting people of color and trauma-affected individuals, with error margins of up to 2.5 years at the 16-to-18-year-old threshold.