Making a difference for children, young people and families’ lives in the North East: Recommendations for the next steps In using routinely collected data

A Child Data Group was convened in the Autumn 2020 as the first step to producing an overview of childhood routine data capacity in the North East. The group was set up in a short-term, task and finish format, to meet for five times to discuss a range of objectives, and finally to make clear recommendations for the next steps in terms of improving access, linkage and processing capabilities for child routine data. The group’s work was designed to form the basis for a further action plan for routine child data use at scale. This paper reports the key findings and recommendations resulting from the work.