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date	26/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Press Conferences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason the official with responsibility for mental health, of the equivalent seniority to the Chief Medical Officer and the Government Chief Scientific Officer, has not been invited to take the podium at a televised Number 10 coronavirus press conference; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	143716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2021 answer text <p>As Chief Medical Officer, Professor Whitty’s interest covers both mental and physical health. Both the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Scientific Officer are permanent secretary level appointments.</p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 02/02/2021 10:31:26 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 78947 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker

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registered interest
date	08/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what procedures are in place to ensure the names of the deceased are removed from NHS databases to prevent families receiving letters addressed to someone who has died months or years previously; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Broxbourne
tabling member printed	Sir Charles Walker
uin	126795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/01/2021 answer text <p>We are making improvements to health records to resolve cases where letters have unfortunately been addressed to deceased individuals. Data quality checks are regularly carried out to reduce the number of patients who may be registered with the wrong general practitioner practice or who are no longer patients, either due to death or because they are no longer resident in England.</p><p>It is the responsibility of local systems to ensure records are up to date by using the Patient Demographic Service. For letters sent from NHS Digital-based systems, both formal and informal flags relating to status of death are used for assessment prior to sending, which is designed to ensure letters are not sent.</p><p>There are recent changes to increase the speed with which a death can be registered which informs Office for National Statistics data. This includes the ability to verify that death has occurred via remote consultation, sending Medical Certificates of Cause of Death electronically to the local registry office and telephone rather than physical appointments with the next of kin to complete registration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries question first answered 04/01/2021 14:46:38 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries previous answer version 69127 answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker