Health Services and Pharmacy: Data Protection
Commons · Question 18805 · Tabled 14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 18 Aug 2026
Question
Asked by Martin Wrigley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's guidance entitled Preventing unlawful access to patient records, published on the 8th July applies to a) data held in General Practice, b) data accessed from pharmacies partic
Answer
Answered by James Frith, 18 Aug 2026
The Stopping unlawful access to records guidance for health and care professionals applies to any patient data, and to anyone working in the National Health Service, or under contract to the NHS, with the potential to access patient records. This would in...