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

Written by Piers Kelly | May 13, 2021 9:00:00 AM

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.