Medical Records: Babies
Lords · Question HL10891 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Farmer
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer on by Baroness Merron on 10 September (HL9969), whether the father’s name, NHS number, date of birth and current address will be routinely added to child NHS records so that this information i
Answer
Answered by Baroness Merron, 24 Oct 2025
The national Patient Demographic Service (PDS) holds records of demographic information for each person with a National Health Service number. When a baby’s PDS record is created at birth, the mother’s details are included. NHS England is currently workin...