Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government which government organisations and public bodies will have access to the single patient record once it is established.

Health and care professionals and other staff responsible for caring for patients within health and social care organisations will be able to access their single patient records under strict role-based access controls. Other Government organisations and public bodies will not have corporate access to the single patient record. The record will be protected by the highest standards of security, with a robust audit trail for patients of who has accessed their record.