Member

I was asked whether it was the intention to do lots of other pilots. It would be fair to say that, without going too far, we are not piloting a whole range of different options here; we are piloting the NHS number to see that it works, with all the provisos that I have said, and to make sure that it achieves the desired outcomes before mandating its use. It is consistent with the approach taken for the adult identifier in the Health and Social Care Act 2012, which provided the legislative framework for the NHS number to be specified via regulations.