PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Medical Records: Information Sharing (30 August 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the efficiency of the sharing of medical records when a patient requires NHS treatment in different nations of the UK.

Asked by:
Blair McDougall (Labour)

Answer

While the delivery of healthcare is a devolved matter, health services in England and the devolved administrations cooperate to share medical records for patients’ treatment, with systems such as Primary Care Support England and the National Health Service Central Register in Scotland to support the process.


Answered by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)
11 September 2024

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