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Eight principles to ensure people's information is kept confidential and used appropriately.
The home of National Data Guardian on GOV.UK. The National Data Guardian advises the health and adult social care system in England to help ensure that people’s confidential information is kept safe and used properly.
Independent review of how information about patients is shared across the health and care system. IIGOP.
Recommendations to strengthen security of health and care information and ensure people can make informed choices about how their data is used.
This guidance, issued under the National Data Guardian's statutory powers, is about the appointment, role and responsibilities of Caldicott Guardians.
The National Data Guardian advises the health and adult social care system in England to help ensure that people's confidential information is kept safe and used properly.
Dr Alan Hassey, NDG Panel member, discusses the findings and recommendations from our survey about the barriers to information sharing in support of people’s individual care.
This report details the findings of a dialogue with more than 100 members of the public about how to make sure that health and care data is used in ways that benefit people and society.
The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care has published the outcomes from a public consultation about the Caldicott Principles and Caldicott Guardians.
In this extended blog, the NDG acknowledges the public's concerns about the NHS Federated Data Platform programme and advises the system how it might address them.
This National Data Guardian guidance will improve public benefit evaluations by defining and standardising the concept of public benefit to enable clearer interpretation and understanding.
Minutes of the 2023 meetings of the National Data Guardian (NDG) Panel.
Dr Nicola Byrne's response to the Government's announcement that the collection of data from GP practices as part of the GPDPR programme will now only take place after key conditions have been met.
The Cabinet Office has announced that Dr Nicola Byrne will continue in her role as National Data Guardian for three more years, until March 2027.
The National Data Guardian has conducted polling to gauge public opinion on the use of data during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
Seeks views on the roles and functions of the National Data Guardian for health and social care.
The National Data Guardian has issued a response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s call for views on its draft data strategy: 'Data Saves Lives: Reshaping health and social care with data'.
National Data Guardian Dame Fiona Caldicott discusses the outcome of her consultation about Caldicott Principles and Caldicott Guardians and the use of data during the pandemic.
The National Data Guardian's panel has been talking about people's expectations about how health and care data is used.
The National Data Guardian has published guidance under her statutory powers about the appointment, role and responsibilities of Caldicott Guardians, expanding the types of organisations expected to have one.
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