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PDFEthics briefing
Ethics briefing – February 2021
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Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.
↵The role of the National Data Guardian (NDG) for health and care (NDG) was created in 2014 to advise and challenge the health and care system in England to help ensure that citizens’ personal confidential information is safeguarded securely and used properly. Dame Fiona is the first to hold the position of NDG.
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