Policy paper

Secure data environment policy guidelines

These guidelines set out clear rules for how secure data environments will be used to access NHS health and social care data for research and analysis.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 6 September 2022
• Last updated: 23 December 2022 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

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Secure data environment for NHS health and social care data - policy guidelines

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Secure data environments were identified in the Data saves lives strategy as the default way that NHS health and social care data will be accessed for research and analysis in future.

These policy guidelines set out expectations for how secure data environments will be used, and the rules by which all platforms providing access to NHS data will need to comply.

The guidelines are intended to:

• provide an introduction to secure data environments
• add detail to the policy commitments made in the Data saves lives strategy
• describe the minimum requirements that secure data environments must meet
• outline how secure data environments will be delivered
• communicate the next steps for secure data environments policy

Published 6 September 2022
Last updated 23 December 2022 + show all updates

1. 23 December 2022

   The content of the document has been changed to reflect the progress made and next steps for data access policy. This will involve publishing guidance about the implementation of data access policy and further engagement on data access policy.

2. 6 September 2022

   First published.