Confidentiality Flashcards
When you can disclose personal information
Consent
0 When disclosing information about a patient you must:
Principles of handling patient information
Disclosing patient information - implied consent
Areas when implied consent can be used
Disclosing information without consent
Patient objections to sharing information for their own care
If patient cannot be informed
Listening to those close to the patient
Lack of capacity
If a patient who lacks capacity asks you not to disclose
The rights of adults with capacity to make their own decisions
Disclosing information in the public interest
Decisions about whether or not disclosure without consent can be
justified in the public interest can be complex. Where practicable, you
should seek advice from a Caldicott or data guardian or similar expert
adviser who is not directly connected with the use for which disclosure
is being considered
Responding to requests for information
Disclosing genetic and other shared information
Disclosure required by statute
Disclosures with specific statutory support
n England, Wales and Northern Ireland, statutory arrangements are in
place for considering whether disclosing personal information without
consent for health and social care purposes would benefit patients or
the public sufficiently to outweigh patients’ right to privacy. Examples
of these purposes include medical research, and the management
of health or social care services.
Requests from employers, insurers and other third parties
The rights of patients to access their own records
Disclosing information after a patient has died
Circumstances in which you should usually disclose relevant
information about a patient who has died include:
The common law
Freedom of Information Acts across the UK
