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Written question asked by Claire Coutinho (Conservative) on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 July 2026 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Wednesday, 8 July 2026. A substantive answer was provided by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 July 2026 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Medical Records: Gender

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will instruct NHS England to implement the revisions to the Professional Records Standards Body's Core Information Standard on data items relating to sex and gender.

Answer

The Professional Records Standards Body's (PRSB) updates to the sex and gender data item representation for clinical use in the Core Information Standard have not yet been updated in the NHS England Standards Directory repository. Although these changes leave the PRSB specification and the NHS England Standards Directory out of step, it is proposed that the work to update the Standards Directory will commence next week.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14990
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Gender Medical records NHS England Professional Record Standards Body
Link
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