Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the risk to (a) patient safety and (b) data security of companies that provide IT services to healthcare settings that are not compliant with the information standard DBC0129 on clinical risk management.

All health IT system providers working with the National Health Service are expected to meet the DCB0129 standard and we are addressing compliance. Commissioners are responsible for assessing the risks related to patient safety and data security if systems which have been commissioned and procured do not comply with DCB0129.