Member

As I think noble Lords know, with Wigan local authority we are currently exploring the suitability of using the NHS number as the consistent identifier, and that process will take several months. This first phase of work will explore whether success rates of linking children’s records can be improved within a local authority by using the NHS number provided by the NHS Personal Demographics Service. This work will inform future tests and pilots. These pilots will inform us on how to incrementally increase coverage across the datasets used to manage safeguarding and welfare.