FOI 2025/1540

This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the local rollout and implementation of the Federated Data Platform (FDP), provided by Palantir Technologies.
Please can you provide me with the following information:
1. Is the ICB already using the FDP?

2. If the ICB isn’t already using the FDP, can you please provide me with a specific rollout date? If there is one.

3. It has been widely reported that there have been hidden and unbudgeted for costs to implementing the FDP at local and national levels. What is the projected and locally budgeted for cost of the rollout and implementation of the FDP that hasn’t already been provided for by NHSE national funding from the initial FDP contract? This might include, but is not limited to, extra training costs, staff costs, consultancy workers, hardware, software, licenses, or other IT related costs.

4. What FDP instances/apps/products are currently in use and what are planning to be rollout out?

5. Please can you release all documents, emails, meeting minutes, attachments and other communications relevant to the FDP rollout within the trust.

6. Has the ICB asked its legal advisor if it’s legally required to take up the software?

1. NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board (NHS GM ICB) has not signed the MoU or onboarded to FDP.
2. There is no specific rollout date planned.
3. Although the ICB is not itself adopting FDP at this point, as a system partner the ICB is collaborating with NHS Trusts within the city region who are using FDP and therefore there is an ICB staff cost related to the strategic and interoperability support provided. A reasonable opportunity cost estimate for this might be £30-50k p.a.
4. The ICB is not using any instances/apps/products and has no plans to roll out any. The ICB is supporting the wider Greater Manchester system and Cancer Alliance with its development/adoption of a cancer application
5. The ICB is not rolling out FDP. The ICB’s formal position on FDP is captured in the CEO’s Report to the Board 2025-2026 (points 1.12 and 1.13) accessible here: 2025-11-19-greater-manchester-integrated-care-board-papers.pdf
6. No