Data Alliance Partnership Board

The Data Alliance Partnership Board  is an ORGANISATION.

The Data Alliance Partnership Board  (DAPB) replaced the Data Coordination Board  (DCB) on 20 November 2020.

From May 2024 the Data Assurance Board has been given delegated authority to approve Information Standards Notices on behalf of the Data Alliance Partnership Board, who retain overall responsibility for the assurance and approvals process.

Key national ORGANISATIONS that use health and care data were brought together into a Data Alliance Partnership (DAP). The Data Alliance Partnership member ORGANISATIONS, including the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, a wide range of Arm's Length Bodies and other ORGANISATIONS across health and adult social care, are committed to maximising the benefits from utilising and sharing data already held in health and care systems in order to minimise the burden of collecting more data from frontline service providers.

The Data Alliance Partnership Board  (DAPB) supports member ORGANISATIONS  achieve their goals and:

• Promotes consistent and comparable use of data in healthcare through the approval of Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions)  (ISCE s) by its sub boards

• Identifies and, wherever possible, reduces duplication of data collections

• Increases the benefits from data already held by making data accessible for legitimate purposes within existing legislation - the principle of collect once, use many times

• Increases transparency by making clear what data the health care and adult social care system holds and how it is used - published as a single list of approved data collections

• Has responsibility for maintaining the overall governance and assurance framework for Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions)  used in health care and adult social care.

Note: The Data Alliance Partnership Board  is supported by the two boards (Data Assurance Board and Data and Outcomes Board) which have devolved responsibility for scrutiny and approval of recommendations made by the Data Governance Assurance Team (DGAT). Both boards review proposals for new and/or changes to existing Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions)  before making a recommendation for approval (or otherwise) to the Data Assurance Board:

• The Data Assurance Board is responsible for approving Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions)

• The Data and Outcomes Board (DOB) is responsible for approving adult social care Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions).

Note: Note; the scope of authority for Information Standards and Data Collections (including Extractions) is confined to England health and adult social care services only

For further information on the Data Alliance Partnership Board, see the NHS England  website at: Governance of information standards.