Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Thursday, 31 January 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 (named day). It was answered by Steve Brine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 5 February 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Health: Screening
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page seven of the National Audit Office's 30 January 2019 report on the management of health screening, whether his Department is taking steps to improve the performance of the National Health Application and Infrastructure Services.
- Answer
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NHS England has asked Sir Mike Richards to lead a review to improve the delivery of the screening programmes, and will consider how current IT systems support the ambitions of the cancer screening programmes.
In the meantime, Capita, NHS Digital and NHS England are working to remove the reliance on National Health Application and Infrastructure Services by introducing new systems using spine data. These are expected to be delivered by spring 2020.
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- 215169
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- 2017-19
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Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on Department of Health and Social Care: Investigation into the management of health screening
Wednesday, 30 January 2019
House of Commons papers
House of Commons
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- Health ICT NHS Standards Screening
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