What are the legal rights – and duties – to share data to support vulnerable people?
The public and health sectors hold vast store of information that could be used to identify and support vulnerable people. But everyone has their own datasets, and their own ways of working – what are the common points of connection and identifiers? How do we flag ‘vulnerabilities’ and assess risk in a common process?
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On the panel:
- Dawn Monaghan, Interim Director of IG Policy, Ethics and Head of Profession, NHS England
- Dr Susheel Varma, Head of AI & Data Science, ICO
- Murat Soncul, Head of Privacy and Data Protection, Central Digital and Data Office
- Richard Duffield, Head of Customer Insights, GeoPlace LLP
- Helen Olsen Bedford, Publisher, UKAuthority (host)
Resources mentioned in discussion:
- The role of UPRNs in delivering health and social care (GeoPlace)
- We CAN support the vulnerable more effectively, when we know where they are (GeoPlace)
- Identifying and supporting vulnerable people (GeoPlace)
- Barnsley Council - using UPRNs to build a Vulnerability Index (GeoPlace)
- Data sharing: a code of practice (ICO)
- Lawful basis interactive guidance tool (ICO)
- Data sharing across the public sector: the Digital Economy Act codes (ICO)
- Guide to Data Protection (ICO)
- Right to be informed (ICO)
This was one of two UKA Lives on how data can support vulnerable people. Catch up here with the discussion on the data sharing experience gained during Covid to meet the current challenges facing our communities
