Confidentiality In Health And Social Care
Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent.
2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended, it must not be given to anyone else without consent from the person the information belongs to unless there is a legitimate reason for the sharing of information – like the prevention of a crime or abuse. Everyone has the right to read any information that is held about them unless it is to …show more content…
5) At times confidentiality may have to be breached; this may be to do with concerns about a child’s welfare, if a child is abusing someone or if they have committed a crime. It would be necessary to breach confidentiality in order to safeguard a child if the child was being abused; the duty of care for a child is of the upmost importance. Any information should be passed quickly and confidentially to the appropriate professionals like the local CAF officer or Social …show more content…
Accusing a child of committing a crime can lead to the breakdown of communication between parent/carer and the childminder. A child’s trust may be broken if that child has been accused of committing a crime, parents/carers could even start accusing the childminder of things too!
Whether you are breaching confidentiality because of abuse, crime or any other reasons you will have to be prepared to overcome the tensions and accusations from parents/carers, it is a very difficult thing to go through but at the end of the day the child’s welfare comes first.
7) If you store personal information you must register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
8) The principles of good practice that personal data must comply with are:
“Personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully
Processing personal data for specified purposes
The amount of personal data you may
2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended, it must not be given to anyone else without consent from the person the information belongs to unless there is a legitimate reason for the sharing of information – like the prevention of a crime or abuse. Everyone has the right to read any information that is held about them unless it is to …show more content…
5) At times confidentiality may have to be breached; this may be to do with concerns about a child’s welfare, if a child is abusing someone or if they have committed a crime. It would be necessary to breach confidentiality in order to safeguard a child if the child was being abused; the duty of care for a child is of the upmost importance. Any information should be passed quickly and confidentially to the appropriate professionals like the local CAF officer or Social …show more content…
Accusing a child of committing a crime can lead to the breakdown of communication between parent/carer and the childminder. A child’s trust may be broken if that child has been accused of committing a crime, parents/carers could even start accusing the childminder of things too!
Whether you are breaching confidentiality because of abuse, crime or any other reasons you will have to be prepared to overcome the tensions and accusations from parents/carers, it is a very difficult thing to go through but at the end of the day the child’s welfare comes first.
7) If you store personal information you must register with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO).
8) The principles of good practice that personal data must comply with are:
“Personal data must be processed fairly and lawfully
Processing personal data for specified purposes
The amount of personal data you may