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Written question asked by Lord Freyberg (Crossbench) on Thursday, 17 March 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 April 2016. It was answered by Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Medical Records: Databases

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any plans for a database of outcomes from innovative medical treatments will be subject to the patient level extraction process of the Standardisation Committee for Care Information.

Answer

The Access to Medical Treatments (Innovations) Bill, which has passed through all Parliamentary stages and is awaiting Royal Assent, provides a power to the Secretary of State for Health to direct the Health and Social Care Information Centre to; design, build and operate a database of innovative medicines which clinicians may wish to consider helping their patients gain access to, which will be implemented using internationally standardised medical coding.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL7132
Session
2015-16
Related items
Drugs: Innovation
Tuesday, 3 May 2016
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Databases Innovation Medical treatments Medical records
Link
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