The Caldicott Principles Sample Clauses

The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Committee’s 1997 Report on the review of patient-identifiable information6 established 6 principles for sharing information, recognising that confidential patient information may need to be disclosed in the best interests of the patient. It also discusses in what circumstances this may be appropriate and what safeguards need to be observed. This report was reviewed in 2013 adding a 7th principle. Providers and commissioners of healthcare and adult social care are expected to comply with the Caldicott Principles when sharing information. The principles are that the use of information should be: 1) Justified 2) Necessary 3) Minimal 4) On a need to know basis and that users of information should: 5) Understand their responsibilities, and comply with the law And additionally, that 6) The duty to share information can be as important as protecting patient confidentiality The Caldicott principles are set out more fully in appendix D below.

The Caldicott Principles. The Supplier shall comply with (and shall not do anything or fail to do anything which shall cause the Organisation to be in breach of) the Caldicott Principles and undertakes to comply with the following principles: a. The purpose must be justified. Every proposed use or transfer of personal data within or from the Organisation should be clearly defined and scrutinised, with continuing uses regularly reviewed by an appropriate guardian. b. Personal data must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary. Personal data should not be used unless there is no alternative. c. The minimum necessary personal data information is to be used. Where use of personal data is considered essential, each individual item of information should be justified with the aim of reducing identifiability. d. Access to personal data should be on a strict need to know basis. Only those individuals who need access to personal data should have access to it, and they should only have access to the data that they need to see. e. Everyone should be aware of their responsibilities. Those handling personal data - both frontline and support staff - must be aware of their responsibilities and obligations to respect personal confidentiality f. All persons handling personal data must understand and comply with the law. Every use of personal data information must be lawful. g. The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality. Health and social care professionals should have the confidence to share information in the best interests of their patients within the framework set out by these principles. They should be supported by the policies of their employers, regulators and professional bodies.

The Caldicott Principles. The Parties acknowledge that the Caldicott Principles must be applied to the Processing of Personal Data to ensure that the information is only shared for justified purposes. The Caldicott Principles are: 1) justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information; 2) only use it when absolutely necessary;

The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Committee’s 1997 Report on the review of patient-identifiable information 10 established 6 principles for sharing information, recognising that confidential patient information may need to be disclosed in the best interests of the patient. It also discusses in what circumstances this may be appropriate and what safeguards need to be observed. This report was reviewed in 2013 adding a 7th principle. Providers and commissioners of healthcare and adult social care are expected to comply with the Caldicott Principles when sharing information.

The Caldicott Principles. 37.1 The Provider and the Contracting Authority must adhere to the Caldicott Principles published on the Government website and shall ensure that the principles are applied in all circumstances where it is necessary for information to be imparted.

The Caldicott Principles. 2.5.1 Following the ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Report a number of general principles were set out for health and social care organisations when reviewing the use of personal information. These are: Justify the purpose. Don’t use personally identifying information unless it’s absolutely necessary. Use the minimum amount necessary of personally identifying information. Access to personal information should be on a strict need to know basis. Everyone should be aware of their responsibilities with regard to personal information. Action should be taken to ensure that those handling personally identifiable information are aware of their responsibilities and obligations to respect an individual’s confidentiality. Understand and comply with the law. 2.5.2 Each health and social care organisation has a Caldicott Guardian responsible for: Agreeing and reviewing information sharing policy. Ensuring the organisation satisfies the highest practical confidentiality standards. Acting as the conscience of the organisation. Advising on lawful and ethical processing of information. Resolving local issues. Ensuring a record of resolved issues is kept. 2.5.3 At time of this protocol, the role of Caldicott Guardian is held by the Acting Assistant Director (Adult Services).

The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott principles are a set of eight principles that govern the use of confidential patient information in the UK. The principles are for sharing information, recognising that confidential patient information may need to be disclosed in the best interests of the patient. It also discusses in what circumstances this may be appropriate and what safeguards need to be observed. Providers and commissioners of healthcare and adult social care are expected to comply with the Caldicott Principles when sharing information. The principles are that the use of information should be: 1) Justified 2) Necessary 3) Minimal 4) On a need-to-know basis and that users of information should: 5) Understand their responsibilities 6) Comply with the law and additionally, that 7) The duty to share information can be as important as protecting patient confidentiality 8) Inform patients about how their information is used

The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott principles apply to health and social care organisations’ use of personal information; these organisations are required to observe the following principles when using personal information. The original Caldicott Review was published in 1997 and reviewed by Dame ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in 2013 and included an additional principle to emphasise the need to give greater focus to information sharing. 1 Justify the purpose(s) for needing the personal confidential information 3 Use the minimum necessary of personal confidential information 4 Access to personal confidential data should be on a strict need- to- know basis 5 Everyone with access to personal confidential data should be aware of their responsibilities 7 The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality A greement between : Cheshire East Council & School Cheshire East Council have previously exchanged a range of data with schools in a variety of formats and for a variety of purposes. Overall, this exchange of data has been centred upon performance data linked to end of Key Stage attainment, progression rates and demographic data used to track children through their educational provision.

The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Principles were developed in 1997 following a review of how patient information was handled across the NHS. The Review Panel set out six Principles that organisations should follow to ensure that information that can identify a patient is protected and only used when it is appropriate to do so. In April 2013 a review introduced an additional Caldicott Principle. The seven Caldicott principles are as below: Principle 1 Justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information Principle 2 Don't use personal confidential data unless it is absolutely necessary Principle 3 Use the minimum necessary personal confidential data Principle 4 Access to personal confidential data should be on a strict need-to-know basis Principle 5 Everyone with access to personal confidential data should be aware of their responsibilities Principle 6 Comply with the law Principle 7 The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality Section 115 of the Crime and Disorder Act provides a power to exchange certain information between partners where the disclosure of information is necessary to support the overall public protection service (e.g. a local community safety strategy) or other provisions in the Crime and Disorder Act. This power does not affect other legal obligations and means that the Data Protection Act, Human Rights Act and Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must still be adhered to. Public authorities must comply with the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in the performance of their functions. The HRA also applies to organisations in the private sector insofar as they carry out functions of a public nature. Where the HRA applies, organisations must not act in a way that would be incompatible with rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. It is important to ensure that rights to privacy are maintained and only over-ridden in circumstances where it is judged the sharing of PID/PII is in the interests of public (e.g. public safety - it is used to prevent crime and disorder) This Act provides clear statutory rights for those requesting information together with a strong enforcement regime. Under the terms of the Act, any member of the public is able to apply for access to information held by bodies across the public sector. The release of ‘personal information’ remains protected by the Data Protection ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.