NHS: Databases
Commons · Question 66354 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential risks of cross-contamination risk when data from multiple NHS trusts are ingested into a single cloud environment.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Jul 2025
In order to assess the risk and impact to data privacy, all Federated Data Platform (FDP) installations are required to complete a Data Privacy Impact Assessment (DPIA). An overarching DPIA for the FDP was also undertaken. Each FDP Tenant is a logically s...