Health and Social Care

• Understanding attitudes to health and care data

  22nd April 2022 by Adam Lang - Head of Nesta Scotland

  This blog explores the various relationships that people in Scotland have with regards health and care data with a particular focus on voices which are not heard as easily or as often as others.

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• Being the grit in the oyster

  11th March 2022 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager

  Doreen Grove, Head of Open Government for Scottish Government discusses issues of trust, transparency and ethics in relation to the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care.

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• Leading the development of the data strategy with positivity and ambition

  14th January 2022 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager

  Colin Birchenall, Chair of the Working Group and Chief Technology Officer of the Digital Office for Scottish Local Government shares his views and ambitions for the development of the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care.

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• Our vision for the health and care data strategy

  20th December 2021 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager

  Blog by Ryan Anderson (Policy Lead for Data Intelligence) This month Colin Birchenall, as the Chair of the Digital Health and Care Data Strategy Working Group, presented an update on the Data Strategy for Health and Social Care to the Health and Social Care Strategic Portfolio Board on the 8th December 2021. For those who…

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• Reflections on Data at DigiFest 2021

  7th December 2021 by Zoe Rohde - Communications and Content Manager

  Imme Jones is Policy Lead for Data Strategy and Data-Driven Innovation in the Digital Health and Care Directorate. Last week I attended Digital Health and Care Festival 2021 (#Digifest21). The event was entirely virtual following the success of last year and taking into account the circumstances of the pandemic. It was a packed couple of…

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• Innovative Health Intelligence – Augmenting Integration and Quality

  27th May 2015 by Linda White

  – We all know that Health and Social Care Partnerships will play a pivotal role in improving the health and wellbeing of the people in Scotland. Effective information is going to be essential to ensure intelligence underpins local strategic planning and decision making. Here at the Information Services Division, part of Public Health and Intelligence…

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