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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 20 February 2023, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 March 2023. It was answered by Lord Markham (Conservative) on Monday, 27 February 2023 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


NHS Digital: Databases

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government which secure data environment is used by NHS England’s Cohorting as a Service system; and whether this is used by all current cohorting service projects.

Answer

Cohorting uses the same underlying technology platform as NHS England’s Secure Data Environment service. Cohorting is carried out in other national programmes such as screening, which do not use the Cohorting as a Service system. There are forms of cohorting for other purposes such as population health and research; the Cohorting as a Service system is not currently intended to be used for these.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5676
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Data protection Databases Medical records NHS Digital
Link
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