Stakeholders stressed to us the particular importance of coordinated care for people suffering ill mental health.22 However, they were frustrated with difficulties in accessing and sharing data across different organisations, including between national and local bodies, and between health and social care sectors. For example, the vice-chair for external affairs for the RCGP, herself a practising GP, told us she could access patients’ records from her local acute health trust, but not from the local mental health trust.23 NHSE agreed that improving data sharing is a priority. It told us that it is looking to integrated care systems to make progress on this, but could not provide us with a time frame for the improvement it expects.24 Waiting times standards