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7 Jul 2026Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

I will begin with Government new clauses 91 to 95. Many hon. Members will know that the current regulatory framework for medicines and medical devices is seen as overly complicated and difficult to navigate. It is also slow and burdensome to amend, limiting our ability to ensure that it keeps pace with developments. Ma

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7 Jul 2026Health Bill (Thirteenth sitting)

Clause 59 ordered to stand part of the Bill.

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

HB105 Stephen Hall, Founder, Digital Narrative Care (further submission)

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

I turn first to new clause 7. Patient data is at the heart of the NHS, and it is important to help plan and run health and social care services; we have discussed that before, and a lot of these points have already been recorded in our earlier conversations. The security and privacy of people’s health and care data are

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

HB106 Healthwatch Dorset

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

The single patient record is fundamental to the Government’s mission to create a modern, joined-up NHS that puts patients at the centre of their care. The way we currently manage health records is letting patients down. That must change. Patient information is fragmented, so care is fragmented. Local shared care record

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

This is another important discussion to have on the record to give patients and the public confidence as we introduce the vital single patient record. I start by stating that the security and privacy of people’s health data is paramount, and we will build the strongest safeguards possible into the record. Members from

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

The hon. Lady makes an excellent point. Part the difficulty is that the powers in the Bill that enable the Government to bring forward a single patient record are separate from the secondary routes whereby we describe and work through the detail of regulation. All those considerations have to be very clear. The hon. La

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

I am grateful to hon. Members for this debate. Meaningful public engagement will be key to the success of the single patient record—we absolutely understand that—in building awareness and in designing the system. It has to have digital inclusion at its heart, but adding statutory requirements for public awareness campa

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

HB104 Office of the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

I am afraid I do not know the answer to the hon. Lady’s question, but if it is relevant, I will try to get back to her on it. People applying for a licence must now indicate whether they have seen a medical practitioner other than their GP. The Government also intend to make a statutory instrument to require licence ho

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Wherever possible, the single patient record will build on source records such as GP records. As such, it will include relevant patient information and, where appropriate, digital markers such as those suggested in the amendments. We have had some useful discussion as a result of the amendments, but such considerations

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Regulations will be subject to the affirmative process in Parliament and to the rigorous scrutiny of both Houses. That is all in addition to the provisions of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, which will of course apply to the single patient record. Data sharing must always be necessary, proportionate and lawfu

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

HB107 The Neurological Alliance

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

HB103 Allergy UK

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Adjourned till Tuesday 7 July at twenty-five minutes past Nine o’clock.

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Written evidence reported to the House

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.

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2 Jul 2026Health Bill (Eleventh sitting)

Clause 51

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