Safeguarding against Disadvantage to Servicemen in Their Future Civilian Careers and Insurance Eligibility with Changes to NS Medical Classification System

Ms Mariam Jaafar asked the Coordinating Minister for Public Services and Minister for Defence what long-term strategic measures are being implemented within the Medical Classification System (MCS) to ensure that the increased granularity of mental health data is used to optimise national manpower without creating a digital paper trail that could disadvantage servicemen in their future civilian careers or insurance eligibility.

Mr Chan Chun Sing: Ministry of Defence/Singapore Armed Forces has always maintained strict confidentiality over our service personnel's medical information, including their mental health information. This will not change under the refreshed Medical Classification System.

Access is restricted to authorised personnel, in accordance with prevailing Ministry of Health and healthcare data governance requirements and is not shared with civilian employers or insurers.