Dr Nicola Byrne: What are the challenges of data governance in the digital age?

In this episode of the G Word, our Director of Ethics, Dr Natalie
Banner, is joined by Dr Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian
for health and adult social care in England. Listen to find out
more about the challenges of data governance in healthcare,
people’s relationship to their health and care data, the
importance of transparency and accountability in how data is used
to support better outcomes from health and care services. 


The National Data Guardian is responsible for ensuring that
personal confidential data is used to improve health and care
services while also maintaining thorough safeguards to protect
this information. 


 


You can read the transcript here:
National-Data-Guardian.docx 


 


"It's absolutely important that people feel that they can share
that information and then feel confident... Whether that's for
their own care or thinking about the benefit, rather, people in
future through research and innovation and planning."