Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Federated Data Platform on urgent and emergency care.

The primary focus of the federated data platform will be the five national use cases as identified and stated within the Prior Information Notice: population health management, care coordination including discharges, elective recovery, vaccinations and immunisations and supply chain. Although these do not directly include urgent or emergency care, the improved flow of patients though hospitals will result from the implementation and will directly impact urgent and emergency care services.