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NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 7968 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2026

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Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that changes to data access arrangements within the NHS Federated Data Platform have been subject to a Data Protection Impact Assessment and appropriat

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 16 Jun 2026

The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care better to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP ...