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National Data Guardian 2024-2025 report
This report covers the work of the NDG and her team in 2024–25, including relevant updates outside the period, and outlines priority work through to March 2027.
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This report provides an account of the work carried out by the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care, Dr Nicola Byrne, her support team (the Office of the National Data Guardian), and her panel of advisors during the financial year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. Where relevant, it includes updates on events and activities that took place outside the reporting period, during the report’s drafting.
The report also sets out the National Data Guardian’s priority work areas for the remainder of Dr Byrne’s term in office, which concludes on 31 March 2027.
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Published 17 December 2025