Social care data mobility in local government reorganisation: workshop

We're running this workshop as the latest in a series of sessions with the Local Government Association (LGA) on Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). The series began in June 2026 with our Day 1 workshop, which looked at what councils need to have in place, and how industry can support them, so that new authorities are safe and legal from their first day of operation. Building on that session, this workshop focuses on social care data mobility: how councils can move, merge and safely manage sensitive adult and children's social care data as authorities combine, so that care continues without disruption and the people who rely on these services are protected throughout.

Purpose

To bring together councils, social care suppliers, implementation partners, regulators, government departments and emerging technology suppliers to explore how social care data can be transferred, accessed and managed safely and effectively through local government reorganisation.

We'll identify immediate solutions to current challenges whilst exploring longer-term opportunities to improve data mobility across the sector.

Objectives

• Build a shared understanding of the challenges associated with social care data aggregation and disaggregation.

• Explore lessons from councils that have already experienced local government reorganisation.

• Understand current supplier approaches.

• Clarify information governance and data protection considerations.

• Identify ways to improve interoperability and data portability.

• Explore whether emerging data and AI technologies could simplify future approaches.

• Inform future sector guidance and support.

Why attend?

Moving social care data safely through reorganisation, whether that means aggregating it into a new authority or disaggregating it across several, is one of the most complex and sensitive challenges councils face. This workshop aims to build a shared understanding of those challenges and agree practical ways forward.

Councils and public sector partners will hear lessons from authorities that have already been through reorganisation, get clarity on the information governance and data protection issues involved, and see how current supplier approaches could support their own plans.

Industry will gain direct insight into what councils need, test how their current approaches meet those needs, and help identify where interoperability and data portability could be improved.

Together, participants will also explore whether emerging data and AI technologies could make future approaches simpler. Your insights will help shape future sector guidance and support from techUK and the LGA, so attending is a chance to shape how social care data is handled in reorganisations to come.

This event is free to attend for councils, public sector and techUK members. If you’re not a techUK member, get in touch with Georgina.maratheftis@techuk.org

Tickets are also available to public sector attendees and can be booked using an access code. If you work for a government body, local authority, NHS organisation or other publicly funded service, please contact the team below to receive the code.