Treating Confidential Information with Respect: A Guide to Confidentiality in Health and Social Care delivered at the Heathcare Efficiency Through Technology Expo 2013 by The Health and Social Care Information Centre.

1. Treating Confidential Information with
Respect
A Guide to Confidentiality in Health and Social care
Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology Expo (HETT):
October 2013

2. What is the Guide to Confidentiality?
• Issued under section 265 of the Health and Social Care
Act 2012 as guidance
• Accessible to all – clear and unambiguous
• Brings rules, principles and obligations together
• Right balance between sharing and protecting data
• Consistent with Caldicott2
• Supports good decision making
• Based on five rules

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