General Practice Staff Survey

The ICB are tasked with participating in the roll out of a General Practice Staff Survey across the area. I […]

DPIA for Bowel Cancer screening of LD patients

Please note the Data Protection Impact Assessment here (Word document, 8.7MB) which sets out the processes around the use of patient data […]

Covert Recording of Consultations

This is a topic that I occasionally gets asked about. In the case here the judge was asked specifically to comment […]

Accessing NHS Mail from abroad

As set out here, with effect from 10th February 2023 users wishing to access NHS Mail from abroad must have […]

Information Incident Reporting

The Data Security and Protection Toolkit includes a tool for reporting data security incidents to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the […]

Information Governance update – 22 February 2023

Medical Examiners – access to records

This document sets out some of the potential ways in which staff in the new role of Medical Examiners can […]

Sharing Data with the Police

Noted that NHSx have recently updated their guidance on sharing information with the police. This is a very useful resource taking […]

Using CDs

A couple of queries from N3i engineers working out at practices this week around the use of CDs in practices […]