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NHS: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any formal investigation has been commissioned into reports of NHS staff being threatened in connection with the Federated Data Platform.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether any formal investigation has been commissioned into reports of NHS staff being threatened in connection with the Federated Data Platform.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The NHS Federated Data Platform (NHS FDP) safely connects information from different systems across the National Health Service into a single, secure environment. This allows staff to co-ordinate care to improve outcomes for patients. The NHS FDP is deli...

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