Health and Social Care
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DIPLOMA LEVEL 3
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
HSC038
Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care setting.
In health care setting it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting, so that individuals and staff’s private information will be protected from unauthorised viewing. There are two legislations that relates to good practice of handling information. i.e. Data Protection Act 1998 and The Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Data Protection Act 1998: This is how information about individuals is used. This covers eight principles under which personal data must be protected and collected. DPA says that service user information must be confidential and can only be accessed with their consent. Service users must know what records are being kept and why the data is kept.
Freedom of Information Act 2000: The Freedom of Information Act gives individuals the right to ask organisations all the information they have about them… There are some that might be withheld to protect various interest which if that is the case,
the individual must be aware of it. Information about individuals will be handled under the Data Protection Act…
It is to comply with the legislation; it is the right of individuals and staff for their private information to be protected.
To ensure information is accessible for those who need to know, it is important.
To protect confidentiality, it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting.
It is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting to prevent identity theft.
To maintain the rights of individuals, it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting.
Information about individuals and staff in my place of work is protected from unauthorised persons. I only pass...
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
HSC038
Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care setting.
In health care setting it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting, so that individuals and staff’s private information will be protected from unauthorised viewing. There are two legislations that relates to good practice of handling information. i.e. Data Protection Act 1998 and The Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Data Protection Act 1998: This is how information about individuals is used. This covers eight principles under which personal data must be protected and collected. DPA says that service user information must be confidential and can only be accessed with their consent. Service users must know what records are being kept and why the data is kept.
Freedom of Information Act 2000: The Freedom of Information Act gives individuals the right to ask organisations all the information they have about them… There are some that might be withheld to protect various interest which if that is the case,
the individual must be aware of it. Information about individuals will be handled under the Data Protection Act…
It is to comply with the legislation; it is the right of individuals and staff for their private information to be protected.
To ensure information is accessible for those who need to know, it is important.
To protect confidentiality, it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting.
It is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting to prevent identity theft.
To maintain the rights of individuals, it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting.
Information about individuals and staff in my place of work is protected from unauthorised persons. I only pass...