CONFIDENTIALITY THE HISTORY OF CONFIDENTIALITY IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE. One of the oldest documents we can find about confidentiality is the Hippocratic Oath what was written in the 4th century BC. We all know that nurses are not taking this oath‚ but we are bound to the same confidentiality regulations as doctors and other health professionals including social workers. Untrained or ancillary workers should not have access to patient’s records and there is no need for them to know certain confidential
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Confidentiality 1) Confidentiality means that whatever information you hold on someone must not be shared with others. Information must be kept safe and private. You can only pass on information about someone if they have given their consent. 2) The Data Protection Act 1998 & 2003 is mandatory and has eight principles. These principles dictate how information is to be handled. Information should only be used for the use it was intended‚ it must not be given to anyone else without
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standard (2010). The Code of Practice was specific about the legal and professional responsibility of nurses in regards to maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as
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Confidentiality The Data Protection Act 1998 gives people the right to confidentiality of personal information. Confidentiality means keeping information given to oneself private and not sharing it with anyone that does not ‘need to know’. In the care setting‚ providing confidentiality requires confirmation that personal and private information belonging to service users cannot be accessed by others. Any information given by a service user should not be disclosed without the service user’s permission
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SECTION 1: Understand the Role of the Social Care Worker. 1. Give an explanation of how a working relationship differs from a personal relationship. Working relationships are based upon our professional behaviour and meeting the expectations of our colleagues and employees in a professional setting. They usually occur in a working / professional environment and are limited‚ in theory‚ by the scope of the job roles and the context provided by the job role. In contrast‚ personal relationships are
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L2-HSC Technical Certificate unit worksheet Unit 203 – Principles of diversity‚ equality and inclusion in adult social care settings The numbers in the bracket after each question relate to the assessment criteria in the standards UNIT 4222-203 1. Define what is meant by: (1.1.1) a. diversity diversity is recognising that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non visible ways.it is about creating a culture and practices that recognise‚ respect and value difference i.e
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PWCS 22: PRINCIPLES OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ADULT SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS 1.1 IDENTIFY STANDARDS THAT INFLUENCE THE WAY ADULT SOCIAL CARE JOB ROLES ARE CARRIED OUT. Standards that influence the way adult social care job roles are carried out include code of practice‚ regulation‚ minimum standards and national occupational standards. 1.2 EXPLAIN WHY REFLECTING ON WORK ACTIVITIES IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO DEVELOP OWN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Reflecting on own work activity helps a person to identify
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affects relationships in and adult social care setting? A 1.2 When working in social care setting communication is a key factor‚ you need to be able to communicate with a wide range of people such as service users‚ families‚ members of staff‚ management and external professionals (i.e. GP’s‚ social services‚ nurses‚ consultants etc.) There are many different types of communication face to face‚ written‚ verbal‚ non-verbal‚ sign language‚ formal and informal. As a care worker you need to have a
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Bioethics 280 -02 Reflection Paper 10 /8/2010 Much debate has been put forth in public and private about the importance of confidentiality in the health care systems and how to protect and prevent it from landing in the wrong hands. Many patients and clients does not feel like their medical health and conditions are been kept safe in their health providers care. So many security bleach has happen in numerous hospital across the country that has put patients‚ workers and families at risk
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service quality and clinical quality of care. Patient satisfaction is improved as a system can allow patients the ability to get advice quicker and provide them with easier access to personal health information. Tools for managing patient information are provided which contributes to a reduction
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