Tensions prompt changes to England's NHS IG Toolkit.

• Position: INFO GOVERNANCE - Brief article

DigitalHealth.net reports that NHS England has launched a new information governance (IG) network with the goals of simplifying IG, challenging IG myths, and holding national bodies to account when their IG requirements are "outdated and unwieldy."

The network is part of the IG Toolkit (IGT), an online tool that permits health and social care organizations in England to assess themselves against government standards.

Rob Shaw of NHS Digital, recently --prematurely--announced the organization was scrapping the IGT in its current form.

"We are looking to make it more meaningful, looking to make it light-touch," he said at a November event.

Later, NHS Digital said the toolkit would not be scrapped and organizations were still expected to adhere to it.

In July, a national data guardian review had announced an initiative to improve the IGT. In part, the statement said the following: "There is a programme of work underway to improve the IGT, to increase its relevance for senior managers, its...