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NHS: Databases

Commons · Question 17525 · Tabled 9 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 18 Aug 2026

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Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on (a) the use of artificial intelligence tools within the Federated Data Platform and (b) any capabilities for (i) summarisation, (b) research, (c) inference,

Answer

Answered by James Frith, 18 Aug 2026

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) includes artificial intelligence (AI) capability through the Artificial Intelligence Platform, and this supports AI-enabled workflows within the NHS FDP, subject to governance, access controls, information governance,...