HC Deb 29 April 1994 vol 242 cc365-6W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of general practitioners(a) hold computerised records and (b) are registered under the Data Protection Act 1984.

Mr. Sackville

According to a survey conducted on behalf of the Department in 1993 an estimated 79 per cent. of general practices possess a computer to hold practice records, of which 90 per cent. use the computer for recording some clinical information about patients. Information about registration under the Data Protection Act is not available centrally.