Unit Cu2470
Understand the need for secure handling of information in health and social care settings
|Identify the legislation that relates to the recording, storage and sharing of information in health and social care (1.1) |
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|The legislation relating to this are, |
|CQC standards regulation 20 personal records remain confidential. |
|Data Protection Act 1998 |
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|Explain why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting |
|(1.2) |
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|It is vital that the company that is providing the health and social care to individuals has a secure system set in place to |
|record personal information as it will be needed for a number of different reasons. It is also the law to document and record |
|this information so it should also be done to comply with legislation it must also protect confidentiality. Prevent