Health and Social Care Professionals will consider the legal framework in relation to confidentiality, consent, data protection and other legal requirements
Learning Outcomes
- Considering the principles in relation to record sharing, confidentiality, disclosure and data protection
- Understanding the legal duties of confidentiality; common law, contractual and statutory
- Considering and rationalising the meaning of confidentiality within the Equality Act/Code 2010
- Understanding the ethical duty of confidentiality and consent
- Understanding best practice in obtaining informed consent to work effectively with both employee and employer
- Handling disclosure by consent, by law, in the public interest and in the case of serious risk
- Applying principles of consent and confidentiality