Multi-agency information governance – IG toolkit convergence

1. Local Public Services CIO Council Multi-agency information governance – IG toolkit convergence Ralph McNally (Head of Local Public Services Integration – Leeds City Council)

2. IGToolkit Project update – Session objectives • “What and Who” - What has been happening and who is involved • “Why” - Explain the wider context and overlap … • “How” – Overview of the approach we are taking and latest progress • “When” and “Where Next”

3. IGToolkit - Project Overview • Create the right environment to converge and coalesce IG/IA of both Health and Local Government. • Deliver this convergence in a sensible and pragmatic way • Deliver in phases. Phase one was focused on the “here and now”. • NHS IG Statement of Compliance • IG Toolkit (Social Care delivery view) • Make it easier to use our respective infrastructures (LA/PSN – Health COIN/N3/N3 Spine) • Broker “where next” – i.e. Future work and how that will happen • The project has enjoyed national support and from a wide range of stakeholders (see later)

4. IGToolkit - Stakeholders • The Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) • The Cabinet Office (PSN Programme/GDS) • Department of Health • NHS England • Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) • Local Chief Information Officers Council (LCIOC) • Socitm • More recently - Office of the Government SIRO • Actively supported with help and contributions from • The PSN Programme (as was, now GDS), • a wide range of local authorities groupings including the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities • The West Midlands IG Forum, Yorkshire and Humber equivalent • A watching brief from the ICO.

5. A variety of drivers and other imperatives • Legislation and pending legislation (Health and Social Care Act 2012, The Care Act 2014, Private Members Bill – Continuity of Information) • Caldicott 2 Recommendations • Pioneer Projects (x14): Support for development of key building blocks for Integrated Health and Social Care programmes • Child Protection (Information Sharing project) • To support a raft of other local initiatives as well as national strategies requiring this approach…. • Need for a better way to support interoperability and service integration (people, place and process levels) • Combined challenges we face (austerity situation, rising demand for services, ageing population)

6. “How” – Latest Progress • Rewrite of the IGT Social Care Delivery view completed (delivered in June 2014) to create a single corporate view rather than Adult Social Care service or Public Health perspective • Removes much of the confusion. • (some LA’s have completed the Hosted Secondary Use Team Project view previously but only for Public Health). • instead of LA’s being subject to completing 40 requirements the number has been reduced significantly to 28 and equivalence accepted (see separate slide deck) . • Series of workshops to produce the “where next” vision co-presented to the National Information Board in August • New programme announced (sponsored by Mark Davies and to be delivered by Mark Reynolds as lead Director) to carry the work forward • Full IG review announced as part of the programme to include the IG Toolkit. • Not as a direct consequence of this project but a number of linked positive developments – e.g. Formation of the IG Alliance • Fundamental Message - Give and Take approach by all parties

7. The Advantages of V12 • Functional Improvements • Simpler to Use – One compliance not many • Reflects corporate rather than departmental responsibility • Strategic Advantages • Combination with PSN IA allows Local Authority to meet NHS IA/IG requirements now. • Allows considerations like the use of PSN infrastructure rather than N3 for ‘everything’ • Prepares organisations for future changes in assurance • Allows for rapid developments in integration and co-location etc. • Allows for sharing of expertise, experience and resource • Tactical Advantages • Supports rapid adoption • Streamlines current internal processes • Avoids risks and costs of developing tactical solutions

8. “Where Next” thinking • A proposed single IG framework for government • beginning with local authority and the Health sector (paper included) • based on legal basis for information exchange • Defined “top-ups” rather than compliance with a whole regime forced by one sector upon another. • Programme now being recruited to and scoped over the next 3 months or so (draft brief in preparation). • Estimated 2 to 3 year project with a variety of key considerations and dependencies • Identifying and working through the complex dependencies and timing issues

9. A Single Assurance Framework

10. Questions …. Should be directed to Ralph McNally ralph.mcnally@leeds.gcsx.gov.uk Further info : Toolkit Local Authority Help