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Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 25 April 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 April 2019. It was answered by Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 May 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Medical Records: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to allow patient-led and third sector organisations to obtain patient data free of charge in order to populate data registries.

Answer

Commercial, public sector and charitable organisations access patient data from a range of organisations and link it for research purposes. Data are provided for free but a charge may be made to cover the costs of processing and providing the data in a format ready for use.

We are keeping this position under review.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
247544
Session
2017-19
Related items
Medical Records: Databases
Monday, 13 May 2019
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Databases Patients Medical records Civil society
Link
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