Do we need cyber insurance?

NHS owned GP IT equipment is not required to be individually insured within the contents insurance of a GP. Cyber […]

HNY Information Sharing Charter 2024

Here we have a copy of the most recent version of the HNY Information Charing Charter that includes an Information […]

Confidentiality: disclosing information for education and training purposes

We sometimes receive queries about this topic, and this guidance from the GMC sets out what to do if you […]

Vaccine Damage Payment Process

The scheme is a statutory process operated by the UK Government.  It requires claimants to provide medical information as set […]

AI Evaluation document

Given the increasing number of queries we receive about what surgeries should be doing prior to onboarding with a new […]

For practices who decide to only provide SARs to patients, not solicitors

When a Subject Access Request (SAR) is received from a solicitor acting on behalf of the patient, some Practices adopt […]

LPA for Property and Affairs

The Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) produced a short guidance document in 2021 that was specifically aimed towards NHS […]

Heidi AI DPIA

We have been contacted on several occasions about the use of Heidi, an AI medical scribe. We are aware that […]

Parental Responsibility Flowchart

This document covers the main scenarios that you might come across when trying to ascertain who has parental responsibility for […]

Disclosures to Third Parties and Mental Capacity

This is a useful document from the MDU that covers most of the potential organisations who may request records and […]