Health secretary urged not to bow to Zack Polanski's demand to cancel 'transformative' NHS technology over tech giant Palantir's links to Donald Trump

Published: 00:17, 12 April 2026 | Updated: 00:20, 12 April 2026 The Healthy Secretary has been urged not to bow to Zack Polanski's demands to cancel 'transformative' NHS technology over the firm's links to Donald Trump. A leaked memo from Ming Tang, chief data officer at NHS England, last week said the data platform Palantir was delivering 'outstanding results' with 'faster diagnosis, faster referrals, faster treatments' by collating patient information in one place. But Wes Streeting is under pressure from the Green Party leader and Left-wing doctors' associations to cut ties with the company because of its links to the US army and controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.  In January, Mr Polanski told Palantir 'to get the hell out of our NHS'. A Whitehall source told The Mail on Sunday: 'Thanks to Palantir, there will be 100,000 additional operations and 250,000 accelerated discharges in the next 12 months and savings of £780million over seven years.  'Rather than subject under-pressure hospitals to yet another protracted and distracting government U-turn, Wes should confirm now whether he is finally going to cancel this contract.' The source added: 'Polanski calling the shots on Government policy. This is a litmus test of whether that's the world we're in - a crank hypnotherapist telling him how to run our health system.' Mr Polanski has attracted ridicule for his past claim to be able to increase the size of women's breasts through hypnosis. Palantir was awarded a seven-year, £330million contract to create the new data management system in 2023. Wes Streeting (pictured) is under pressure from the Green Party leader and Left-wing doctors' associations to cut ties with Palantir Palantir was awarded a seven-year, £330million contract to create the new data management system in 2023. It's founder, Peter Thiel, is pictured No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.