Legislation
2 of 4: Legislation, policies and procedures for health, safety and security
P4 Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings
Data Protection Act 1998
The act is protected and covers the individual’s personal data about their living so that the persons are protected from exploitation. (Beryl Stretch, 2010) explains this act is important to protect people's personal belongings and which can cover broadsheet and the electrical accounts. You can see underneath that it has been already identified the variety of rights in Data Protection Act 1998 that is provided which includes: * To have the authority to identify what evidence is detained on the person to be able to do research and the right material * To have the authority to reject the evidence that is provided * To have the authority to maintain the data that is held on the person should be up dated and truthful * To have the authority that the documents that is held on someone should not be set aside for long period * To have the authority for confidential policy that should not be presented to unlawful individuals
As (Beryl Stretch, 2010) mentioned that it is essential in health and social care settings that the care workers keep the patient's personal information safe meaning by not sharing with anyone that do not need to know. For instance, in the hospital the information can only be passed further for legitimate purposes that the patient's family and friends have to know about. To share personal information form the service user can form a crucial quantity of the preparation in the health care environment. The service user got a variety of advantage; it also allows them that the health and social care service can function efficiently and is usually essential for the community’s awareness. Nevertheless, it is necessary to stick with the legislation which is the care workers responsibility to
P4 Outline how legislation, policies and procedures relating to health, safety and security influence health and social care settings
Data Protection Act 1998
The act is protected and covers the individual’s personal data about their living so that the persons are protected from exploitation. (Beryl Stretch, 2010) explains this act is important to protect people's personal belongings and which can cover broadsheet and the electrical accounts. You can see underneath that it has been already identified the variety of rights in Data Protection Act 1998 that is provided which includes: * To have the authority to identify what evidence is detained on the person to be able to do research and the right material * To have the authority to reject the evidence that is provided * To have the authority to maintain the data that is held on the person should be up dated and truthful * To have the authority that the documents that is held on someone should not be set aside for long period * To have the authority for confidential policy that should not be presented to unlawful individuals
As (Beryl Stretch, 2010) mentioned that it is essential in health and social care settings that the care workers keep the patient's personal information safe meaning by not sharing with anyone that do not need to know. For instance, in the hospital the information can only be passed further for legitimate purposes that the patient's family and friends have to know about. To share personal information form the service user can form a crucial quantity of the preparation in the health care environment. The service user got a variety of advantage; it also allows them that the health and social care service can function efficiently and is usually essential for the community’s awareness. Nevertheless, it is necessary to stick with the legislation which is the care workers responsibility to