Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 51578

Medical Records: Babies

Tabled: 12 May 2025

Answered: 19 May 2025

Named Day

Question

Kirith Entwistle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of routinely (a) recording and (b) matching new fathers’ health records to those of their children.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Department has not carried out a recent assessment of the merits of routinely recording and matching new fathers’ health records to those of their children.The Personal Demographics Service (PDS) can record many relationships, including 'mother', 'fat...

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