[009] Promote Good Practice in Handling Information in Health and Social Care Settings Outcome 1 - Understand requirements for handling information in health and social-care settings 1.1 Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in health and social care The Data Protection Act 1998 is a key piece of legislation to ensure people's rights regarding the confidentiality of their personal information. It highlights 8 principles that define good practice when handling someone else's personal data and breaching these principles can lead to serious legal implications. In health and social care many policies and procedures are based on the principles of the Data Protection Act to ensure that client details remain confidential. The Human Rights Act 1998 also states the right to a private life. The right to have one's private life respected also includes that private and confidential information gets respected and that details are shared and stored in accordance with strict rules and regulations.
Task A Short Answer Questions. Identify two laws or pieces of legislation that relate to the recording, storage and sharing of information in an adult social care setting. 1. Freedom of information act 2000 2. The data protection act 1988 Explain why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a social care setting.
Handle Information in Health and Social Care settings 1.1 Q: Identify the legislation that relates to the recording, storage and sharing of information in health and social care. A: The legislation that relates to the recording, storage and sharing of information is the Data Protection Act 1998. The act states that service users information must be confidential and can only be accessed with consent. Services users must know what records are being kept and why the data is kept. The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives individuals the right to ask organisations about all the information they have about them.
UNIT 9 VICTORIA WESSELS: 1094182 (completed) 1.1 IDENTIFY LEGISLATION AND CODES OF PRACTICE THAT RELATE TO HANDLING INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Some of the legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information are as follows: 1. DATA PROTECTION ACT 1988. This act ensures service users rights regarding the confidentiality of the personal information. It must not be shared or transferred without proper safeguards. 2.
1.1. Identify legislation and codes pf practice that relate to handling information in social care setting There is a legislation Act called the data protection Act 1995, this gives an individual the right to see all the information recorded about them, this includes the individual seeing their own medical records or social services files. The information Act 2000 amended January 2005 has provided an individual to access general information held by public authorities, including local authorities and the National Health Service. Confidentiality Health and Social Care Act 2000, this is so an individual’s information is kept confidential, unless in some circumstances information is past on. For example if a individual is at risk or if they have been given new medication etc., any other information on a individual should be kept confidential, some locked away just for managers.
Unit 4222-209 - Handle Information In Health & Social Care Settings (HSC 028) Outcome 01 1.1. Legislation relating to the recording, storing & sharing of information are as follows; * Data protection act 1998 * Freedom of information act 2000 * Access to personal files act 1987 * Confidentiality of personal information 1988 * Police and criminal evidence act 1984 S17 * The care homes policies & procedures * Care standards act 2000 1.2. It is important that you have secure systems for recording & storing information in a health & social care setting as once something is recorded in any way, whether that be written down or entered onto a computer it becomes a permanent record of a personal piece of information of an individual & is regulated by government legislation & for this reason you must be very careful with what you do with it & how you, as he information holder, store it. All personal information of an individual must be stored locked away safely & securely & you must never take an individual’s personal information outside of the setting in which it has been recorded for or leave anywhere where another individual who is not authorised to can view it freely. The personal information of an individual can contain very private & personal things that if another individual got their hands on or if I was lost could be detrimental to the individual whose personal information it is for example; an individual’s personal information could include; * Medical history – if an individual’s medical history was lost due to failure to store it properly & the individual was rushed into hospital it could severely delay their treatment, them end up getting the wrong treatment as doctors could not know what was wrong but if they had the individuals person information could tell straight away they
Therefore COSHH (control of substances hazardous to health) regulations are paramount to the safe storage, handling and use of chemicals such as oxide, which is used a developer in eyelash tinting. The Data Protection Act (1998; amended in 2003) 'made provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals, including the obtaining, holding, use or disclosure of such information.' As a tutor it is a requirement to keep a progression file on each student, that may include sensitive information collected for example at interview stage. It is a responsibility that all data must be stored appropriately, preferably on a password protected computer, or locked storage cabinet. Only limited individuals may have access to this information.
Assignment 307 Understand how to handle information in social care settings Task A short answer questions Ai Identify four key pieces of legislation codes of practice relating to handling information in social care settings. 1,Data Protection Act 2,The Codes of Practice for Social Care Workers 3,The Health and Social Care Act 4,Freedom of Information Act Aii Explain how legal requirements and codes of practice affect the day to day work of social care worker in relation to handling information Confidentially by not handing out information to anyone who isn’t involved in the individuals care you must have the individuals consent before hand & protecting personal daily recordings making sure they are kept in a secure place we are required to by law. Aiii Explain two ways of helping other practitioners to understand the importance of handling information securely. Explain potential consequences of handing personal information securely and to follow the legislation and codes of practice as they all summarized the main points of legal requirements for handling information, THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998, THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000. Aiv Explain two ways of helping other practitioners to understand the different systems used to recored information in adult care settings.
1.2 Explain why it is important to have secure systems for recording and storing information in a health and social care setting There are many reasons why the recording and storage of information is important. One of which is the legislations which all care homes have to adhere to. More reasons include protecting confidentiality; only individuals and those who have received their consent can access their personal information. You also preserve the rights of the service users by protecting their data. By storing data in systems that are password protected you make it so that only those who 'need to know' service users' personal information can see them.
HSC 3047 Support Use of Medication in Social Care Settings 1. Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings 1.1 Identify legislation that governs the use of medication in social care settings The policy and procedures of use of medication in our organization GAD is in line with the legislation published by the Secretary of State under section 23(1) of the Care Standards Act 2000. AS a PA, I received training about the use of medication for the clients. I always make sure that I adhere to the policies procedures, for the receipt, recording, storage, handling, administration and disposal of medicines, in line with the legislation laid down by the laid down by the National Minimum Standards. Before I give the medication to any client, I make sure that I check the following; 1.