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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 January 2015 (named day). It was answered by Jane Ellison (Conservative) on Monday, 5 January 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health and Social Care Information Centre

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will implement the National Inclusion Health Board's recommendations to the Health and Social Care Information Centre to use the 2011 census ethnic category classification in national data collection.

Answer

We are continuing to explore ways of improving the capture of ethnicity data in National Health Service data collections, as recommended by the Board.

NHS England will be producing a position paper in early 2015 on equality and health inequalities data monitoring. The paper will assess the data collection process with regard to individuals’ equality and health inequalities characteristics taking account of the 2001 and the 2011 ONS Census ethnicity questions. Inclusion Health groups would be considered as part of this exercise.

Work on information standards for equality data monitoring is being led by NHS England, in partnership with key stakeholder organisations through the national Equality and Diversity Council. The Council will look towards ratifying data monitoring information standards covering the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010, including ethnicity.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
219049
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Databases Census Ethnic groups Health and Social Care Information Centre
Link
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