The National Data Guardian shares her views on the government's new health and care data strategy: Data Saves Lives: Reshaping Health and Social Care with Data.
"I believe that our ability to successfully achieve better things through data and digital hinges on the strength of the relationships that will deliver this change. And whether it’s ICSs working together to innovate well, or organisations looking at how best to engage the public on data matters, understanding, trust and respect are central to these relationships. It is with this belief in mind that I read and considered the government’s new data strategy, Data Saves Lives – asking to what degree the commitments it makes provide a blueprint for the evolution of a trustworthy data ecosystem, and whether it provides for all of the conditions that must be met in order to create an environment in which innovation can flourish."
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