There is no way that a data protection team of three can support a Trust if they have seven-fifteen thousand members of staff.

The complexity behind data sharing, access control and all the variations linked to who you provide services to means that there is no way that you can meet everyone expectations.

Some of the processes need to become simpler, and by default, more transparent.

Perfect is the enemy of the good and large Trusts need to become more pragmatic – that way you can keep track of basic decisions that have been made.