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Medical Records: Information Sharing

Commons · Question 112326 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Feb 2026

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the risks to patient safety arising from hospital records not being fully shared between different NHS trusts.

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 20 Feb 2026

Appropriate information sharing is essential to delivering safe and effective health care. Improving this will enable enhanced quality of care and safety for patients and better informed clinical and care decision-making empowered by access to precise and...