Information Governance: The legal framework governing the use of personal confidential data in health care.
by Kellie Leonard
1. Data Protection Act 2018
2. Data protection Act controls how your personal information is used by organisations, businesses or the government.
3. Everyone responsible for using personal data has to follow strict rules called ‘data protection principles’. They must make sure the information is:
4. Used fairly, lawfully and transparently
5. Used for specified, explicit purposes
6. Used in a way that is adequate, relevant and limited to only what is necessary
7. Accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date
8. Kept for no longer than is necessary
9. Handled in a way that ensures appropriate security, including protection against unlawful or unauthorised processing, access, loss, destruction or damage
10. Your Rights
11. Under the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to find out what information the government and other organisations store about you.
12. You can seek justice in a British court
13. Public bodies must respect your rights
14. New laws are compatible with Convention rights
15. NHS Act 2006
16. Health and Social Care Act 2012
17. Human Rights Act 1998
18. The National Health Service Act 2006 provides an enabling framework so that:
19. Money can be pooled between health bodies and health-related local authority services
20. Functions can be delegated
21. Resources and management structures can be integrated
22. Introduced the first legal duties about health inequalities.
23. It included specific duties for health bodies to have due regard to reducing health inequalities between the people of England. These bodies include:
24. Department of Health
25. Public Health England
26. Clinical Commissioning Groups
27. NHS England
28. This act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms that everyone in the UK is entitled to.
29. It incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic British law.
30. The act has three main effects:
