Barbara Keeley
Labour, Worsley and Eccles South
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether commercial re-use licences for hospital episode statistics and other medical information gathered from NHS patients remain in operation.
Daniel Poulter
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have confirmed that some re-use agreements do remain in place, for specific organisations in relation to approved purposes. The purpose of each application is carefully considered by HSCIC before it is agreed, including its benefit to the health and care system.
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