Question follow-through · 13361

Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of adding a QR code to the NHS App on the (a) speed and (b) safety of the processing of patients (i) in vaccination clinics and (ii) generally.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Nov 2024
Target answer date
12 Nov 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 8 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of adding a QR code to the NHS App on the (a) speed and (b) safety of the processing of patients (i) in vaccination clinics and (ii) generally.

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    There are no firm plans to incorporate Quick Response (QR) codes into the vaccination user experience, for example, in invitations, booking confirmations, at the point of care more generally, or in the NHS App specifically.Work for the QR code feature is ...

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