Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what data they collect about the uptake by health providers of the reasonable adjustment flag in NHS England records; and whether they will publish those data.

The Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag was developed to enable health and care workers to record, share, and view details of reasonable adjustments, across the National Health Service and social care, wherever a person is seen or treated. Following the launch of the Reasonable Adjustment Digital Flag Information Standard, published September 2023, the flag went live in the National Care Record Service, and is being rolled out across England. To support health and social care organisations in implementing the Digital Flag, NHS England has published a useful checklist, which is available on the NHS.UK website in an online only format, and staff can access free training, also on the NHS.UK website.

The information requested is not collected or held centrally, however NHS England has set an expectation that integrated care boards can collect this data for their local populations.