Member

There are provisions in the Bill to improve data sharing. This is another vexed issue that we all face. How do we get all the relevant areas to share the data that they lovingly collect and put it to good use, to inform their decisions to change how they work if it is not delivering? I believe the single unique identifier proposal will improve looked-after children and care leavers’ access to health services by better enabling relevant information to be shared between agencies in a timely manner. I hope the measures will also have a profound impact on safeguarding matters, with the unique identifiers staying with them for their lives.