Written question asked by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Monday, 21 April 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 April 2008. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Thursday, 1 May 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Medical Records: Databases

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) surveys and (b) consultations used contact details from the National Health Application Infrastructure Service (Exeter) in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05, (iii) 2005-06, (iv) 2006-07 and (v) 2007-08.

Answer: Available information relates only to surveys that have been commissioned directly by the Department. Information is not held centrally about surveys or consultations by primary care trusts (PCTs) or national health service shared services agencies using locally held data.Surveys conducted on that basis were:"the national PCT survey (2003-04 to 2007-08 inclusive);""the national patient experience survey (2006-07 and 2007-08);""the general practitioner patient survey (2006-07 and 2007-08);""Yorkshire and Humber adult dental survey (2007-08); and""no consultations were conducted on that basis in the years concerned."

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