Question follow-through · 17687
NHS: Digital Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure equality of access to NHS services in the context of increases in digital patient-facing systems.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 5 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure equality of access to NHS services in the context of increases in digital patient-facing systems.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
We are striving for digital services to improve access, experience, and outcomes for the widest range of people, based on their preferences, as any digital healthcare benefits will be limited if people remain digitally excluded. Mitigating against the ris...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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