Consultation outcome

Data access policy update: proposed draft

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

Having considered consultation responses and wider engagement with key stakeholders, we have amended the final version of the policy update.

Key changes include:

A final version of the data access policy update has been published alongside this response.

Detail of feedback received

There were 60 responses to the consultation from a wide range of stakeholders, including pharmaceutical organisations, research organisations and charities.

Responses to the consultation covered a wide range of viewpoints, but were generally supportive of the move from data sharing to data access.

A summary of responses received is included in the government’s consultation response.


Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks feedback on the latest update to data access policy.

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Consultation description

In September 2022, we published the 12 policy guidelines for Secure Data Environments. This policy update has been drafted to build on these guidelines, setting out key policy decisions made so far.

The views and feedback gathered from this consultation will inform the final version of this policy update, as well as longer-term priorities and actions for data access policy.

This policy update is intended for a technical audience, such as data controllers, data users and platform providers.

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Updates to this page

Published 26 May 2023
Last updated 12 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added consultation response and link to finalised data policy update.

  2. First published.

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