Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-09-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his Department’s policy is for the handling and release of patient data over the next five years; and what principles have informed that policy.

George Freeman

The Personalised Heath and Care 2020 National Information Board Framework for Action published in November 2014 outlined the Governments policy for handling and release of patient data over the next five years. The document is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/personalised-health-and-care-2020

The principles supporting this policy were outlined in Dame Fiona Caldecott’s Information Governance Review published in March 2013. The document is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-information-governance-review

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