Question follow-through · 19109

NHS: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of standardising of NHS IT systems to help increase levels of efficiency.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 10 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 12 Dec 2024
Answer: 16 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of standardising of NHS IT systems to help increase levels of efficiency.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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16 Dec 2024
Answer published
Interoperability between IT systems would improve the quality of care and safety for patients, as well as enabling better informed clinical and care decision-making, by allowing for information to be shared easily, in real time, between organisations that...

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