Medical Records: Data Protection
Commons · Question 13309 · Tabled 25 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that patients can access audit logs of who has accessed their health records across (a) GP Connect, (b) the Summary Care Record and (c) other existing systems
Answer
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 6 Jul 2026
Patients can make a request to the relevant organisation, such as their general practice or hospital, to see who has accessed their information in existing systems.Audit logs will be a key safeguard for the Single Patient Record, helping to show who has a...