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Confidentiality Policy

Confidentiality; Guidance Notes and Background Information

This policy should be read in conjunction with Medical Records Policy and policy (GDPR)

A duty of confidentiality arises when one person discloses to another in circumstances where it is reasonable to expect that the information will be held in confidence. This duty of confidence is derived from:

All staff must be aware of the following legislation and understand their responsibilities relating to confidentiality:

This Act governs the processing of information that identifies living individuals. Processing includes holding, obtaining, recording, using and disclosing of information and the Act applies to all forms of media, including paper and electronic.

This provides a legal framework to empower and protect people who may lack to make some decisions for . The assessor of an "individual’s capacity to make a decision will usually be the person who is directly concerned with the individual at the time the decision needs to be made" this means that different health care workers will be involved in different capacity at different times.

These Acts grant people rights of access to information that is not covered by the General Data Protection 201, e.g. information which does not contain a person’s identifiable details.

This Act secures computer programs and data against access or alteration. Authorized users have permission to use certain programs and data. If the users go beyond what is permitted, this is a criminal offence.

Disclosure means the giving of information. Disclosure is only lawful and ethical if the individual has given consent to the information being passed on. Such consent must be freely and fully given. Consent to disclosure of confidential information may be:

Patients have a right to access their own medical records and copies of them, to certain safeguards. Administration fees cannot be charged.

Explicit consent is obtained when the person in the care of a clinician agrees to disclosure having been informed of the reason for that disclosure and with whom the information may or will be shared. Explicit consent can be written or spoken. Implied consent is obtained when it is assumed that the person understands that their may be shared within the clinical team. Clinicians should make the people in their care aware of this routine sharing of information, and OmniSculpt – Toning/Sculpting clearly record any objections.

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