For the health and adult social care system to work efficiently and effectively, data needs to flow through the system in a standardised way, so that when it is accessed by or provided to an organisation for any purpose it can be read, be meaningful to, and be easily understood by the recipient and/or user of the data. This relies on data being collected, processed, and shared in a consistent way.
	This Act intends to improve people’s lives and life chances, by enabling more and better digital health and care services and supporting appropriate data-sharing across the wider health and adult social care sector.
Information standards for health and social care