February 2023
In 2022, we worked in partnership with the Institute for Government (IfG) on a series of six private roundtables with senior civil servants and government experts on the topic of Data Sharing in Government. The roundtables looked at different aspects of how data sharing supported or impeded the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and what lessons could be learnt.
There were clear examples of good practice, including the rapid establishment of the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service, with support from Scott Logic. However, there were aspects of data sharing that could have gone better, such as making data available to different levels and parts of government, and engaging the public about how their data would be used.
The IfG produced a report distilling the lessons from six case studies and other research on government data sharing during the pandemic, which you can download here.
This Institute for Government report, produced in partnership with Scott Logic, covers in depth:
Watch the discussion by an expert panel including Principal Consultant Jess McEvoy, exploring themes from the Institute for Government report produced in partnership with Scott Logic: Data sharing during the pandemic.
Alternatively, you can listen to the audio recording of the event here.
This Institute for Government paper summarises a roundtable discussion bringing together public servants and others involved in previous attempts to pass and implement data sharing legislation. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
Read moreThis Institute for Government paper summarises a roundtable discussion bringing together public servants and others involved in setting up the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
Read moreThis paper summarises a roundtable discussion that brought together academics, public servants and private organisations, such as high street banks, involved in a range of data sharing initiatives to identify and prevent fraud. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
Read moreThis Institute for Government paper summarises a roundtable discussion bringing together public servants and others involved in GPDPR, a scheme intended to share patient data across the health system. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
Read moreThis Institute for Government paper summarises a roundtable discussion bringing together public servants and academics mostly involved in data sharing between national, devolved and local government. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
Read moreThis Institute for Government paper summarises a roundtable discussion that brought together public servants and others involved in the NHS COVID-19 Data Store and NHS National Data Platform, launched to provide national organisations responsible for coordinating the response with secure, reliable and timely data. Download the full paper on the IfG website.
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In this blog post, I’m going to look at the Clinically Extremely Vulnerable People Service, outlining the different areas of collaboration upon which the service depended, and reflecting on the lessons that government can take forward to achieve its vision of a responsible, efficient and effective data ecosystem.
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Data-literate leadership underpinned the most successful pandemic-response programmes. In this post, I explore what data-literate leadership looks like, drawing on examples from the roundtables on data sharing in government that the Institute for Government ran in partnership with Scott Logic.
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A few years ago while working on a digital product in a government department, my team learnt a valuable lesson: rules can help you go faster. In this post, I explain the positive difference that regulatory and legislative frameworks can make to the design and delivery of digital services, with some examples from the government's response to the pandemic.
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