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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 184103, tabled on 9 May 2023

Question

Margaret Greenwood
Labour
Wirral West
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how many patients in England have written to NHS trusts to ask that their NHS data is not uploaded to the federated data platform.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Will Quince
Conservative
Colchester
Commons

Answered on

23 May 2023

The Department and NHS England do not hold information relating to correspondence between patients and trusts in relation to the Federated Data Platform. Where applicable, National Data Opt Outs and Type 1 opt outs will apply to the Federated Data Platform. These opt-outs apply where confidential patient information is being processed for secondary purposes and will not apply to an individual's direct care.

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