Medical Records: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 18th July 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish the revised Memorandum of Understanding between his Department, the Home Office and NHS Digital on the sharing of health data for immigration purposes; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 23rd July 2018

On 9 May 2018, the Minister of State for the Digital and the Creative Industries (Margot James MP) announced that the Government would be amending the data sharing arrangements under this Memorandum of Understanding. This was in response to the concerns raised by the Health and Social Care Select Committee around the operation of the current Memorandum of Understanding.

This resulted in a significant narrowing of the data sharing arrangements. The letter from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office to the Health and Social Care Committee highlighted the interim/transitional arrangements that took effect immediately on 9 May. Officials are working with the Home Office and NHS Digital on updating the arrangements to reflect these significant changes. Prior to publishing a revised Memorandum of Understanding, NHS Digital will be sharing a draft, for discussion with interested parties during the summer.

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