How to Unlock Data - A Single Data Strategy to Save Lives

Piers Kelly
May 13, 2021

The Digital Government Virtual Summit, which took place in May 2021 welcomed 1,500 digital and technology experts from central Government departments, local authorities and the health & social care sector.

In this session, Simon Madden, Chair of the Health and Care IG Panel, Director of Policy & Strategy at NHSX sets out his organisations single data strategy to save lives.

Key discussion points:

  • The power of data to improve outcomes for patients and service users 
  • Lessons learnt from the COVID-19 response  
  • Locking in beneficial change – areas of policy reform and review 
  • Legislative change to enable the safe sharing of data in support of individual care, population health and the effective functioning of the system 
  • The implementation plan to achieve the ultimate goal of a system underpinned by high quality, readily available data

Watch the full session here

The Digital Government Conference is part of the GovNet Tech portfolio bringing a series of events, webinars and thought-leadership roundtables to the public sector.

To view the event's calendar please click here.