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NHS: ICT

Commons · Question 19109 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Marie Goldman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of standardising of NHS IT systems to help increase levels of efficiency.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2024

Interoperability between IT systems would improve the quality of care and safety for patients, as well as enabling better informed clinical and care decision-making, by allowing for information to be shared easily, in real time, between organisations that...