bma.org.uk has no press release, GP committee statement or guidance dated 13 September to 13 October 2026 on GP data in the Federated Data Platform; its site search for Palantir returns nothing after May 2026.
The market resolves on bma.org.uk, whose media centre and GP practice guidance pages publish on the day: YES if a BMA press release, GP committee statement or guidance dated 13 September to 13 October 2026 advises practices on, or objects to, GP data being held on the Federated Data Platform; restatements of the February 2026 advice with no new date, comments quoted only in third-party reports and Royal College of GPs statements do not count. If bma.org.uk has not published, the Guardian and BBC settle it, and silence by 23:59 BST on 13 October resolves NO.
Both earlier cases about GP records drew a fast challenge. We looked for times since 2014 when an NHS body in England widened the patient data stored on, or open to, a central or contractor-run platform, and the public found out from the press or a low-key document instead of an announcement. We found six. For each we asked whether the ICO (the data watchdog), the BMA (the doctors' body) or the Commons Health and Social Care Committee opened an inquiry or made a written challenge within 30 days.