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NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 88027 · Tabled 4 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July to Question 65984 on NHS Databases, what assessment he has made of the challenges of hosting the NHS Federated Data Platform on cloud services.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 17 Nov 2025

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) Programme Team in NHS England have conducted a comprehensive assessment of the technical, operational, regulatory, and public trust considerations associated with hosting the platform on cloud services. It is a contra...