Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 29 January 2015 to Question 222677, what assessment he has made of whether the way in which patients are able to access, or are notified of, services such as bowel screening or e-referrals will change when patient data begins being extracted under the care.data programme.

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is committed to ensuring no patient suffers any adverse impact on their direct care through an inappropriate implementation of an objection. Information flows to support services such as cancer screening, electronic prescriptions and e-referrals are currently flowing. No change will take place when primary care data begins to be extracted for care.data that will alter how patients are able to access or are notified of these services.