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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.
This guidance, issued under the National Data Guardian's statutory powers, is about the appointment, role and responsibilities of Caldicott Guardians.
Recommendations to strengthen security of health and care information and ensure people can make informed choices about how their data is used.
This blog from the National Data Guardian, Dr Nicola Byrne, discusses the planned NHS federated data platform, and how getting the public's support for big data projects such as this is vital to their success.
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.
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.
The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care has published the outcomes from a public consultation about the Caldicott Principles and Caldicott Guardians.
The National Data Guardian has published new guidance to help organisations carry out better public benefit evaluations when they are planning to use, or allow access to, data collected during the delivery of care for planni…
This report looks back on the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care's work from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. It also describes her work priorities for 2023-2024.
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.
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.
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 report details the findings of a survey commissioned by the National Data Guardian on the barriers to information sharing to support direct care.
Minutes of the 2023 meetings of the National Data Guardian (NDG) Panel.
This document outlines the role of the National Data Guardian's advisory panel.
Seeks views on the roles and functions of the National Data Guardian for health and social care.
This report looks back over the work of the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care during 2021-2022. It also describes her work priorities for 2022-2023.
In her latest blog, Dr Nicola Byrne discusses the new National Data Guardian guidance, and how enabling better public benefits evaluations will lead to increased public trust.
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