It highlights 6 principles on how to protect and handle personal information correctly. 1.2 Summarise the main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information in health and social care Data Protection Act 1998
Two Different Representative Bodies within my area of work are CQC Care Quality Commission HSE Health and Safety Executive Describe the Role of the Two Representative Bodies as above. CQC is a regulator for all health and social care services in England. Their job is to make sure that throughout England compulsory safety standards set out by government standards or rules about care are met in all areas including respect and dignity, hygiene, infection procedures. They provide reliable independent information based on its inspections. They can also advise people what to expect and offer reassurance that their care will be met with proper standards.
Understanding how to handle information in social care settings unit PWCS 38 1. Legislation and codes of practice that are used to relate to handling information in social care settings are the data protection act 1998 this a key piece of legislation to ensure peoples rights on there confidentiality of their own personal information. The humans right acts 1998 also states the right to a private life and that someone’s private and confidential information is respected. Freedom of information act 2000 and health and social act 2008 can be used. Legal requirements and codes of practice can be used to inform handling information these are GSCC, ISO, local or internal codes of practice, 2.
Understand how to handle information in social care settings. 1 Understand the need for secure handling of information in social care settings. 1.1 Identify the legislation that relates to the recording, storage and sharing of information in social care. The main piece of legislation is the Data Protection Act 1998. This covers the medical, social, credit information and the local authority.
Unit 4222-307 Handle information in health and social care setting also covering: Certificate in Induction into Adult Social Care: Unit 307 Unit 4222-307 Handle information in health and social care setting also covering: Certificate in Induction into Adult Social Care: Unit 307 Outcome 1 Understand the requirements for the handling of information in health and social care settings 1.1. Identify and summarise the main points of the legislation and codes of practice that relate to the recording, storage and sharing of information in health and social care. (Dip 1.1 and 1.2) Legislation acts include Human Rights Act 1998, Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000, The Health & Social Care Act 2001 and amendments in years 2006 and 2008 - Essential standards, Mental Capacity Act 2005, The Access to Medical Reports Act1988 Codes of Practice include NISCC and RQIA Codes of Practice, also internal/Home policies relating to the subject. All of the above pieces of legislation cover matters of confidentiality, data protection, information sharing, safeguarding and discrimination. According to the legislation, all records kept should be maintained up to date, complete, accurate and legible - meaning that documents should be signed, accurate, dated, completed following the agreed methods, clear in meaning, language used should be appropriate and when necessary anonymity preserved.
Unit 307 Understand how to handle information in social care settings Outcome 1 understand requirements for handling information in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings. Legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in a social care setting could include: Data Protection Act 1998 Freedom of Information Act 2000 Health & Social Care Act 2008 - Essential standards 1.2 Explain how legal requiremants and codes of practices inform practice in handling information. Outcome 2 understand good practice in handling information in social care settings 2.1 Explain how to maintain records that are up to date, complete, accurate and legiable. Records need to be kept upto date, this should be done by checklists and keeping a log of records that need updating in a diary. All records should be completted fully by someone who is
307 Questions Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care settings Legislation relating to handling information in health and social care settings include The Data Protection Act, The Freedom of Information Act 2000, Human Rights Act 1998, The Care Standard Act 2000, Confidentiality Act 2000 and the Privacy and Personal Information Act 1998. Summarise the main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information in health and social care The main points of legal requirements and codes of practice are handling the information securely and only sharing it with consent unless special circumstances permit otherwise. Records must be maintained in the organisational format and the information must be clear, factual and relevant. Describe features of manual and electronic information storage systems that help ensure security Manual storage systems ensure security as they are usually kept privately via lock and key which is stored in a safe when not being used. Electronic information storage systems generally have passwords and encryptions on them.
Understand how to handle information in social care settings In order to demonstrate an understanding of how to handle information, we must first define exactly what we mean by that term. Information, or data, about an individual covers any known and accessible records where an individual may be identified through the use of said data, including, but not limited to, their name, medical conditions, date of birth, medications, details of care requirements and religious preferences. These are the main pieces of information to which Health Care Assistants (H.C.As), or in the case of Hunters Moor staff Rehabilitation Assistants (R.As), have access in order to facilitate a person's care, while maintaining that individual's human rights. 1.1 There are numerous pieces of legislation which relate to the handling of information within social care settings. The most notable of these legislations is the Data Protection Act 1984, however there are other laws which help to further dictate how information should be stored, accessed and used, specifically within care settings, such as; Civil Contingencies Act 2004 Freedom of Information Act 2000 Access to Health Records Act 1990 Access to Medical Records Act 1998 Health and Social Care Act 2001 Public Health (Control of Diseases) Act 1984 Reporting of Infectious Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1.2 All of the afore mentioned legislations provide frameworks for the sharing of information in different circumstances.
Understand how to handle information in social care settings. 1.1– Legislation that relates to handling information in social care settings are; Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Health and Social Care Act 2008 – Essential standards. Codes of practice that relates to handling information in social care settings include; General Social Care Council (GSCC), Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the local or internal Codes of Practice such as code of practise within your company. 1.2– The main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling information are as follows; the records must be fairly and lawfully processed, processed for limited purposes, adequate, relevant and not excessive, accurate, signed, dated, not kept for longer than necessary, processed in accordance to the data subject’s rights, kept secure and not transferred anywhere in or out of the country without adequate protection. 2.1 – To maintain records that are up to date, complete, accurate and legible, it must have clear and accurate writing, the information should be recorded straight away or as soon as practicable, the records must include a time, date, signature and printed name, it must always be completed using a black pen, any errors that may occur must have one single line put through with an initial next to it and all boxes on pro-formas to be completed.
E/60006742.CT309-CT309/CU309- Understand how Handle Information in Social Care Settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in social care settings Data protection Act 1998 Freedom of Information Act 2000 National Minimun Standards (about confidentiality) -Care Quality Commission in England Codes of Practice of the regulatory bodies - General Social Care Council in England 1.2 Explain how legal requirements and codes of practice inform practice in handling information The Data Protection Act 1998 has eight principles of good practice in processing personal data. Anyone processing personal data must comply with these principles, wich say that data must be: -fairly and lawfully processed -processed for limited purpose -adequate, relevant and not exessive -accurate -not kept longer than necessery -processed in accordance with the data subject's rights -kept secure -not transferred to countries without adequte protection The organisation for responsible for inspecting quality in the delivery of social care in England - Care Quality Commission - has National Minimum Standards about how confidentiality must be maintained. The inspectors from CQC will check the system for recording and storing information and make sure they comply with regulations. People who work in social care are bound by the professional Codes of Practice of the regulatory bodies - General Social Care Council in England. 2.1 Explain how to maintain records that are up to date, complete, accurate and legible During recording information it is very important that the information needs to be clear, legible, it should be to the point, should cover the important points clearly and logically.