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Health Services: Digital Technology

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital exclusion on older people’s ability to access NHS services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of digital exclusion on older people’s ability to access NHS services.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    People unable to access the NHS App or online services, or visit their general practice (GP) in person, can ask for a feature called proxy access available through the NHS App. This function allows a trusted relative or carer to act on the patient’s behal...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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