Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessments he has made of the deliverability of care.data during the pathfinder stage.

No information will be collected until Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Patient Data Guardian, advises she is satisfied with the care.data pathfinder’s proposals and safeguards. A full evaluation of the pathfinder stage will take place before national rollout begins.