Promote Good Practice in Handling information in Health and Social Care Settings Unit 9
Promote Good Practice in Handling information in
Health and Social Care Settings
Unit 9
There is legislation in place to ensure the secure handling of information in the health and social care sector. These include the following:
Data Protection Act
Freedom of Information Act
Confidentiality polices(workplace)
Human Rights Act 1988
Health and Social Care Act 2012
Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Data Protection Act (1998)
Many organisation store large amounts of personal information about people on their manual and computer systems. This increasing amount of personal date being stored began to worry people as they were concerned that others could access this data. The Data Protection Act is in place to ensure that there is a balance between the rights of individuals to privacy and the ability for organisations to use data for the purposes of their business. The purpose of the legislation it to make sure that personal data is not processed unfairly.
The Data Protection Act 1988 has 8 key principles regarding the processing of personal data.
The Act restricts how long information can be kept for.
It details what type of information can be stored and that is relevant and current.
It states how it must be stored e.g. securely and how it must be disposed of, this includes both paper and electronic files.
It advices staff of how data should be received and passed on as well as how records must be written.
It permits individuals to have access to information and themselves.
The 8 principles of the Data Protection Act:
1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully
2. personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposed.
3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposed for which they are processed.
4. Personal data shall be accurate and where necessary, kept up to date.
5. Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not
Health and Social Care Settings
Unit 9
There is legislation in place to ensure the secure handling of information in the health and social care sector. These include the following:
Data Protection Act
Freedom of Information Act
Confidentiality polices(workplace)
Human Rights Act 1988
Health and Social Care Act 2012
Mental Capacity Act 2005
The Data Protection Act (1998)
Many organisation store large amounts of personal information about people on their manual and computer systems. This increasing amount of personal date being stored began to worry people as they were concerned that others could access this data. The Data Protection Act is in place to ensure that there is a balance between the rights of individuals to privacy and the ability for organisations to use data for the purposes of their business. The purpose of the legislation it to make sure that personal data is not processed unfairly.
The Data Protection Act 1988 has 8 key principles regarding the processing of personal data.
The Act restricts how long information can be kept for.
It details what type of information can be stored and that is relevant and current.
It states how it must be stored e.g. securely and how it must be disposed of, this includes both paper and electronic files.
It advices staff of how data should be received and passed on as well as how records must be written.
It permits individuals to have access to information and themselves.
The 8 principles of the Data Protection Act:
1. Personal data shall be processed fairly and lawfully
2. personal data shall be obtained only for one or more specified and lawful purposed.
3. Personal data shall be adequate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purpose or purposed for which they are processed.
4. Personal data shall be accurate and where necessary, kept up to date.
5. Personal data processed for any purpose or purposes shall not