To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the recommendations of the Goldacre Review, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of creating a single, national data controller for all NHS records; and what steps he taking to (a) recruit people with technical data skills and knowledge to senior roles in the NHS and (b) train staff in senior roles in the NHS in the basics of data analysis.
Answered on
28 April 2022
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
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Department of Health and Social Care