A question on #MedicalRecords #DataProtection tabled by Andrew Gwynne on 17-04-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Medical Records: Data Protection
Question ID: 1794287
UIN: 45541
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-17
Asking Member ID: 1506
Asking Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Asking Member handle: GwynneMP
Asking Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequacy of (a) vetting procedures for companies that apply to use medical records and (b) safeguards to prevent medical data being used for purposes other tha
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Date answered: 2025-05-06
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Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: National Health Service patient data from medical records is only shared when it will benefit health and care and where it is subject to technical and organisational controls to maintain privacy and protect data. Where a research project requests access t...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true