This document sets out tools and supports for national data collections to use to improve their information management practices and work towards meeting the Information management standards for national health and social care data collections. This is the first in a series of brief guides that will be produced to help national data collections improve their information management practices. It identifies five tools that national data collections can use, as follows:

1. Statement of Purpose
2. Statement of Information Practices
3. Data Quality Framework
4. Data Quality Statement
5. Data Dictionary