❓ Hon Martin Pritchard asks the Minister for Health about a potential deal to store WA Health records offshore in Singapore, citing privacy concerns and system reliability. The Minister denies any knowledge of such arrangements.
AnsweredQoN 1371Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH — RECORDS STORAGE — SINGAPORE
1371. Hon MARTIN PRITCHARD to
the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Can the
minister confirm that WA Health has signed, or is about to sign, a deal to
store WA Health records offshore in Singapore?
(2) If yes to
(1), which company is storing the records, and can the minister confirm whether
this storage system has already crashed twice since first being used?
(3) What
guarantees can the minister give on the privacy of Western Australian patients
if their records are being stored overseas, and will the company be forced to
comply with legislation relating to medical records and national privacy laws?
OF HEALTH — RECORDS STORAGE — SINGAPORE
1371. Hon MARTIN PRITCHARD to
the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Can the
minister confirm that WA Health has signed, or is about to sign, a deal to
store WA Health records offshore in Singapore?
(2) If yes to
(1), which company is storing the records, and can the minister confirm whether
this storage system has already crashed twice since first being used?
(3) What
guarantees can the minister give on the privacy of Western Australian patients
if their records are being stored overseas, and will the company be forced to
comply with legislation relating to medical records and national privacy laws?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the parliamentary secretary representing the
Minister for Health, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) No. WA Health has no knowledge
of arrangements to store records offshore in Singapore.
(2)–(3) Not applicable.
Minister for Health, I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
(1) No. WA Health has no knowledge
of arrangements to store records offshore in Singapore.
(2)–(3) Not applicable.
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