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Written question asked by Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 15 July 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 July 2025. It was answered by Karin Smyth (Labour) on Tuesday, 22 July 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

NHS: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any NHS trusts have opted out of participating in the Federated Data Platform; and what steps NHS England is taking to monitor trust participation.

Answer

The NHS Federated Data Platform (FDP) began its national roll-out in April 2024, following a pilot phase that commenced in 2022. NHS England has invited all National Health Service trusts and integrated care boards (ICBs) to develop plans for how they will maximise the benefits of the FDP for their patients within the next two years

Uptake of the NHS FDP continues to grow. As of 31 March 2025, 108 NHS hospital trusts had signed up to the FDP, and 72 trusts are currently live and in delivery

To monitor participation and progress, NHS England publishes quarterly updates on uptake and the benefits being realised. This includes NHS trusts and ICBs that have signed up, metrics on operational improvements, such as reductions in inpatient and outpatient waitlists, and insights into product adoption and benefit realisation across use cases like elective recovery, care coordination, and crisis response. These updates are available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/impact/fdp-uptake-and-benefits/

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
68139
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Databases Software NHS NHS trusts
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk