Unlock any remaining barriers to sharing data by encouraging a culture where services are responsible for sharing data, have a mature interpretation of the relevant data rules and prioritise myth busting any potential blockers.
Key actions
- Agree a data sharing policy across the system, setting out:
- What data is to be used for and agree the basis for how it can be shared as well as making the distinction about wider information/insights and how this can be use and shared.
- Where relevant data crosses over between services and organisations.
- Agreed data ethics principles across the system, including system-wide privacy and compliance standards and procedures, adhering to national and local regulations to protect individual data and use it in an ethical way.
- Work through any system sensitivities around sharing data and have all partners agree to how the data will be used for improvement.
- Implement data privacy safeguards (e.g. pseudonymised data and controlled access to personal information) to build staff and public trust.
- Intelligence function to conduct annual audits to ensure data governance and security measures are fit for purpose.
Ambition level actions
Foundational
- Partners at the executive level have a mutual understanding regarding what data is useful to share, the purpose for sharing, and have committed to overcoming any obstacles to sharing data.
Developing
- Most staff have a mutual understanding of what data is useful to share and the purpose for sharing it but still face significant obstacles to actually sharing the data.
- The system is working towards a data sharing agreement.
Established
- All staff have been trained and have a clear understanding of what data is useful to share and the purpose of sharing it.
- An agreed data sharing policy is in place across the system, resulting in key data being shared.
Exemplar
- All staff are clear about what data is useful to share, the purpose of sharing it and have overcome obstacles to sharing key data.
- An agreed data sharing policy is in place across the system, which is understood by staff at all levels and is regularly reviewed to ensure it is fit for purpose and key data is shared routinely.