Great to see this step towards transparency (more of this please!) and looking forward to finding out more about the governance and accountability measures being put in place for this “single source of truth” for NHS data.
One thing though: combining data into a dashboard does not create a single source of truth. Seeing all the data together is more convenient but not necessarily more “true”; in fact it is more likely to consolidate incorrect assumptions. Governance and audit are essential.
As someone outside of the government machine, working with Palantir on dashboards called to mind this blogpost by Dominic Cummings. Single data points, truths and dashboards might seem comforting right now, but they’re not magical dominiccummings.com/2019/06/26/on-…
