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NHS: Databases

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL1793, tabled on 22 January 2024

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Markham on 27 February (HL5458), whether they will place in the Library of the House examples of (1) the YAML specifications, and (2) the Python code, currently used to create or define dashboards within the NHS installation of Palantir Foundry.

Answered on

24 January 2024

NHS England will from time to time publish examples of specifications and code that are deemed useful to the wider community and industry, including where appropriate the sharing of code within the NHS GitHub. To ensure that NHS England is creating a vibrant marketplace for both end users and for industry, we aim to publish the Canonical Data Model structures and metadata in line with the Technology Code of Practice. NHS England has already published the General Practice Workforce Metrics repository in the NHS GitHub which provides example code already in use and for products which will transition to the Federated Data Platform and will review as the platform is implemented what further specifications and code should be published.