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Health And Social Care Northern Ireland Honest Broker Service
Introduction
{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"In England, Scotland and Wales, the National Health Service (NHS) provides health care services while local councils provide social care services. In Northern Ireland these services are combined under what is known as Health and Social Care (HSC). Like the NHS, the service is free at the point of delivery."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The HSC Honest Broker Service (HBS) brings together routine data collected during HSC Service Users interactions with HSC services in Northern Ireland and provides a way of accessing this for internal users and for research."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The HBS provides a Secure Data Research Service through which accredited researchers can access de-personalised HSC administrative data to conduct research for the public good."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The Honest Broker Service operates under the Five Safe Framework which is a globally recognised set of principles adopted by secure labs."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" "}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The dedicated team in the HBS provides end to end support to applicants, including:"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Provision of metadata."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Advice on data availability."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Advice and guidance on project proposals and support to applicants throughout the application process."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Support to the HSC Data Access Committee who oversee the service and are responsible for scrutiny and approval of applications."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Advice on training to become an accredited researcher."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Extraction and de-identification of datasets based on individual project requirements, including removal of individual identifiers to make it safe for the researchers to work with."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Provisioning of a Secure Data Environment through which data is accessed."}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Screening of all information leaving the Secure Data Environment using agreed statistical disclosure control techniques to protect confidentiality."}]}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" "},{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Contact Email"},{"type":"text","text":": honestbrokerservice@hscni.net"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","marks":[{"type":"bold"}],"text":"Website:"},{"type":"text","text":" https://bso.hscni.net/directorates/digital/honest-broker-service/"}]}]}