Phil Walker

Phil was the driving force behind NHS Information Governance for nearly two decades, leading the policy team at the Department of Health, introducing the Information Governance Toolkit to the service and developing much of the guidance that still shapes the way the care services work with data. For five years he was Head of Digital Information Policy at NHS Connecting for Health, then led the information policy work on the Health & Social Care Act 2012 before going on to create the Information Governance Alliance between all the central health organisations. Since leaving Phil has put his extensive knowledge of data protection to good use supporting small enterprises around the care sector.