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Trusted Data Linkage Service. Content. Past Trusted Third Party Honest Broker Present Trusted Data Linkage Service Future Honest Broker Trusted Data Linkage Service. Glossary. NIGB = National Information Governance Board
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Content • Past • Trusted Third Party • Honest Broker • Present • Trusted Data Linkage Service • Future • Honest Broker • Trusted Data Linkage Service
Glossary • NIGB = National Information Governance Board • “role of the NIGB is to support improvements to information governance practice in health and social care” • ECC = Ethics & Confidentiality Committee • “Section 251 of the NHS Act 2006, allows the common law duty of confidentiality to be set aside in specific circumstances where anonymised information is not sufficient and where patient consent is not practicable.” • HES = Hospital Episode Statistics • TTP = Trusted Third Party • TDLS = Trusted Data Linkage Service • MRIS = Medical Research Information Service
How things used to be……. • Trusted Third Party • Customer demand • TTP Data linkage service set up • Three customers
Honest Broker • ECC approval not needed • Regulations required • Reduce the amount of patient • identifiable data leaving the • NHS • Who can be an Honest Broker?
Current situation……. • Trusted Data Linkage Service • Who are we? • Previously Honest Broker team • 2 full time staff • What do we do? • Data linkage • Require ECC approval for each project
Trusted Data Linkage Service • Challenges • Who are our customers? • Require ECC approval for each project • IT infrastructure • Successes • Trusted Third Party contracts • Pilots • New linkage requests • MRIS
Case study • Department for Transport • GB database road traffic accident injuries (STATS19) • Already linked to HES data • Conditional ECC approval for linkage • Data sharing for existing and future linked data • Benefits • Reduces flow of patient identifiable data outside NHS “The TDLS team have been very helpful in finding the best way for us to make the linked data available for research, whilst maintaining patient confidentiality – something we have been struggling to make progress with before they were involved. We’re looking forward to working with them further to develop the process and maximise the potential of the dataset, which can only be done with the support and expertise of TDLS” Department for Transport
What the future holds…… • Honest Broker • Research Capability Programme • Regulations to create Honest Brokers • Trusted Data Linkage Service • NHS IC to be put on a ‘firmer statutory footing’ • Secure ECC approval for IT infrastructure • Finalise charging model & service levels • Officially launch the service