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NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 2312 · Tabled 18 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 28 May 2026

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 60619, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of expanding high-level access permissions on the NHS principle of data minimisati

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 28 May 2026

There has not been an expansion of high-level access permissions. NHS England has not identified any adverse impact on the principle of data minimisation from the management of access permissions within the NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP).The NHS FDP op...