An Information Revolution is one of a series of documents for consultation published subsequent to the White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS.  It is part of the Government’s agenda to create a revolution for patients - “putting patients first” - giving people more information and control and greater choice about their care.  The information revolution is about transforming the way information is accessed, collected, analysed and used so that people are at the heart of health and adult social care services.

The Department is consulting on the proposals in An Information Revolution.
The consultation will close on 14 January 2011.

Links to the consultation document are available below.  Following the consultation process, we will publish an information strategy and plans to put this information revolution into effect.

There will be an opportunity to take part in a webchat with the Secretary of State for Health about the proposals in An Information Revolution and Greater choice and control.  A link will be published here soon.

We will develop and publish an impact assessment and an equality impact assessment to accompany the Government’s response to this consultation. 

We want the information revolution to benefit everyone who uses health and adult social care services.  Early work on equalities has identified some areas on which there needs to be a focus, such as ensuring there is sufficient support and access to information for people who need it.  Questions in the consultation document and the Easy Read version invite comments and suggestions on how we can address this and other equalities challenges.  We will also engage directly with groups and representatives at consultation events, as part of ensuring that the information revolution fully promotes equalities and patients’ rights.

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Consultations/Liveconsultations/DH_120080