Health and Social Care Level 2 Pwcs 28
one of the most important and common one is the Data Protection Act 1998 – this law states each individuals personal details are to be kept securely locked away, this law also protects the services users freedom rights, the DPA advise that all service users have a right to privacy and everyone else would need to seek services’ permission to obtain personal records
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) widens the release of unstructured information to third party requests, but on the other hand, access to all personal data (under the Data Protection Act 1998) is an absolute exception under the Freedom of Information Act
Moreover Care Standard Act 2000 is also another legislation relating to health and social care settings - All service users must have care plans in place, which include the medical information, personal details and risk assessment. The Risk assessment should include the environment, individual mental and physical conditions; ALL Information must keep safe by locking it up.
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It is important to have a secure protected system for all the service users because it is required by law – under the data protection act 1998 states all personal information must be kept private and secured under a lock also to not speak about any individuals outside of the office or in a public area this is done so that all service users details are protected in order to prevent identity theft.
It is important to secure their personal details as I must maintain the rights of an individual, as each individual has an equal right to have their information kept secured, if they have requested to keep their situation private I must protect their confidentiality and only allow authorized people to access their information.
It also is important to maintain the service user’s confidentiality because it would build a professional level of trust. Think about if my personal information such as bank account details or medical details is being passed on to some other
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) widens the release of unstructured information to third party requests, but on the other hand, access to all personal data (under the Data Protection Act 1998) is an absolute exception under the Freedom of Information Act
Moreover Care Standard Act 2000 is also another legislation relating to health and social care settings - All service users must have care plans in place, which include the medical information, personal details and risk assessment. The Risk assessment should include the environment, individual mental and physical conditions; ALL Information must keep safe by locking it up.
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It is important to have a secure protected system for all the service users because it is required by law – under the data protection act 1998 states all personal information must be kept private and secured under a lock also to not speak about any individuals outside of the office or in a public area this is done so that all service users details are protected in order to prevent identity theft.
It is important to secure their personal details as I must maintain the rights of an individual, as each individual has an equal right to have their information kept secured, if they have requested to keep their situation private I must protect their confidentiality and only allow authorized people to access their information.
It also is important to maintain the service user’s confidentiality because it would build a professional level of trust. Think about if my personal information such as bank account details or medical details is being passed on to some other