Question follow-through · 36737

Medical Records: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on joining up NHS records so a patient's vaccination history is recorded all in one place.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has made on joining up NHS records so a patient's vaccination history is recorded all in one place.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England has been establishing the digital infrastructure required to maintain a consistent view of vaccination status between both individuals and healthcare providers. This includes data sharing across general practice, National Health Service trusts...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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