Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he made of the effectiveness of (a) digital and (b) paper care records at Mount Vernon Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
We are committed to the digitisation of paper records to enable effective patient care and enhanced patient safety. A digital transformation plan, which will include digitisation of patient care records, is currently underway for Mount Vernon’s main acute services and is expected to conclude in May 2020. A strategic review of the separate Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is also underway and expected to be completed during 2020.