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Health Services and Pharmacy: Data Protection

Asked by Martin WrigleyLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 August 2026UIN 18805

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS England's guidance entitled Preventing unlawful access to patient records, published on the 8th July applies to a) data held in General Practice, b) data accessed from pharmacies participating in Pharmacy First, c) data held in the Federated Data Platform, d) NHS England national staff using the Federated Data Platform, and e) Palantir staff using the Federated Data Platform.

Answered by Mr James Frith

The Stopping unlawful access to records guidance for health and care professionals applies to any patient data, and to anyone working in the National Health Service, or under contract to the NHS, with the potential to access patient records. This would include data held in general practice, data accessed from pharmacies participating in Pharmacy First, data held in the Federated Data Platform, NHS England national staff using the Federated Data Platform, and Palantir staff using the Federated Data Platform. The guidance can be found at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/information-governance/guidance/stopping-unlawful-access-to-records/guidance-for-health-and-care-professionals

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