Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve data management to help the carrying out of longitudinal studies on the impact of medical and surgical interventions.

NHS England is investing up to £200 million in National Health Service data infrastructure to make data securely available to innovators. This includes investment in a network of NHS Secure Data Environments to efficiently provide access to data while offering the highest levels of privacy. This includes earlier access to new innovations which improve patient outcomes and monitoring of the safety and efficacy of medical and surgical interventions.