Giving evidence to the health and social care committee, health secretary Yvette Cooper also confirmed the NHS will keep its own chief executive and that an NHS “group” will sit within DHSC. We cover the timeline for the changes, whether the announcement has done anything to unstick the reforms and why it’s so politically embarrassing.

Also this week, as ministers weigh whether to extend Palantir’s federated data platform contract beyond March, NHSE chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has written to the company over its claims about the platform. We discuss the questions those claims raise and what they mean for a decision that’s fast running out of time.

This was recorded before the news that the government would not exercise the break clause in the Palantir contract.

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