Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 83413

NHS: Databases

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 29 October 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the third-party data entry of NHS patient data is processed securely.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
IT systems in the National Health Service operate to the highest standards of security, and all organisations have governance arrangements in place to ensure the safe, legal management of data. Third party organisations operate under the instruction of th...

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