Medical Records: Babies
Lords · Question HL9969 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Farmer
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State for Health and Social Care on 31 March (HC38280), what progress they have made in linking fathers' health and contact information to their children's NHS records via b
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 10 Sep 2025
Once a child is registered with the General Registry Office of Births and Deaths (GRO), the National Health Service receives information showing the parents listed on the birth certificate. Due to a period where not all GRO relationships were added to the...