§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what items of personal data will be contained in NHS registers; whether the computers containing such registers will be linked; what statutory protection will be afforded to the registers; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe national health service administrative register will consolidate information held today by the NHS in England and Wales, to facilitate seamless health care provision and support the business needs of health service bodies.
The register will comprise a number of networked, locally managed databases and will contain basic administrative details only such as name, age, address, sex, NHS number and name of the family doctor.
There will be no statutory regulations governing the register; access to and use of the register is being determined in consultation with the clinical professions and in conformance with the Data Protection Act 1988.