Medical Records: Data Protection
Commons · Question 13310 · 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, whether the proposed Single Patient Record will have audit trails that are directly accessible to patients as a matter of course.
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...