Handling information
QUESTION- ( 1.1 )
Identify legislations and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care
ANSWER
In order to answer the question above I am going to explain the meaning of Legislations:
Definition of the word Legislations. Noun
1) An officially elected or otherwise selected body of people vested with the responsibility and power to make laws for a political unit, such as a state or nation
2) The process of making or enacting laws: it will require legislation to change this situation
Code of practice. Noun
A set of guidelines and regulations to be followed by members of some profession, trade, occupation, organization etc.; does not normally have the force or law
As a senior care worker it is very important to know the right to confidentiality is guaranteed partly by the Facts safety Act 1998, partly by the Human Rights Act 1998, and partly by principles established by judges on a case by case basis (the common law).
The purpose of this code of practice The Health and Social Care Act 2008 requires us to publish a code that sets out the practice we will follow in obtaining, handling, using and disclosing confidential personal information.
DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998
This legal document sets out eight principles which are in essence a code of good practice for processing personal data. These are Make sure that things are processed fairly and lawfully. Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose.
Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes
This Code of Practice fulfills that requirement. We intend to be used in two main ways:
• By our staff, to set out how we will work and to provide a point of reference against which our practice can be judged. The Code will help us to continually develop policies, processes and training. These will, in turn, generate detailed guidance to our staff on issues relating to confidential personal information.
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Identify legislations and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care
ANSWER
In order to answer the question above I am going to explain the meaning of Legislations:
Definition of the word Legislations. Noun
1) An officially elected or otherwise selected body of people vested with the responsibility and power to make laws for a political unit, such as a state or nation
2) The process of making or enacting laws: it will require legislation to change this situation
Code of practice. Noun
A set of guidelines and regulations to be followed by members of some profession, trade, occupation, organization etc.; does not normally have the force or law
As a senior care worker it is very important to know the right to confidentiality is guaranteed partly by the Facts safety Act 1998, partly by the Human Rights Act 1998, and partly by principles established by judges on a case by case basis (the common law).
The purpose of this code of practice The Health and Social Care Act 2008 requires us to publish a code that sets out the practice we will follow in obtaining, handling, using and disclosing confidential personal information.
DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998
This legal document sets out eight principles which are in essence a code of good practice for processing personal data. These are Make sure that things are processed fairly and lawfully. Processed only for one or more specified and lawful purpose.
Adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes
This Code of Practice fulfills that requirement. We intend to be used in two main ways:
• By our staff, to set out how we will work and to provide a point of reference against which our practice can be judged. The Code will help us to continually develop policies, processes and training. These will, in turn, generate detailed guidance to our staff on issues relating to confidential personal information.
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