better manage things and have better coordinated delivery of care for instance. using data to take preventative action to stop people getting ill. we will launch a data strategy for the department that will set this out in detail. when you planned that? in the next few weeks. we made big strides but there is a lot further to go. would you say moving forward especially as a lesson from the pandemic that data will be at the heart of the nhs moving forward? i very much hope so, the opportunities are huge, opportunities are huge, opportunities to save lives, improve care, for the uk to be at the forefront of research. one small example, the recovery trial based out of oxford university led to the discovery dexamethasone could save