Health and social care: data strategy
Scotland’s first data strategy for health and social care, setting out how we will work together in transforming the way that people access their own data to improve health and wellbeing; and how care is delivered through improvements to our systems.
Our Vision
To improve the care and wellbeing of people in Scotland by making best use of data in the design and delivery of services.
Our ambitions
We will achieve our vision by delivering on three key ambitions:
To empower the people of Scotland by giving individuals clear and easy access to, and the ability to manage and contribute to, their own health and social care data where it is safe and appropriate to do so.
To empower those delivering health and social care services to have the confidence and ability to gather, safely use, and share data to sustainably improve services and ensure outcomes are being met.
To ensure fit for purpose data is readily accessible through secure and safe means for planning, research and innovation. Data will be used for the benefit of individual wellbeing and the public collectively, including the development of new and innovative ways of working, improving care, developing new treatments and technologies.
Greater access, better insight, improved outcomes: a strategy for data-driven care in the digital age
We have identified eight priority areas for action. Each of these areas is discussed in more detail in the body of the Strategy. Each area sets out the headline commitments we want to work to. Annex A details our Deliverables which are specific programmes and pieces of work that will be undertaken and counts as our initial Delivery Plan for 2023-24.
Vision
To improve the care and wellbeing of people in Scotland by making best use of data in the design and delivery of services.
Ambitions
Empower People
by giving greater access to and control over their health and social care data, where it is safe and appropriate to do so.
Empower Professionals
to have the confidence and ability to gather, safely use, and share data.
Support Research and Innovation
by ensuring data is readily accessible through secure and safe means for research and innovation.
Priority Action Areas
Data Access
Talent and Culture
Protecting and Sharing Data
Technology and Infrastructure
Information Standards and Interoperability
Creating Insights from Data
Supporting Research and Innovation
Ethical Approaches to Data
Contact
Email: DHCPolicyHub@gov.scot
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