Curtiss Green New government, good intentions but asking for another Darzi report seems a bit meaningless. I hope that they do not see contractors as the “villain” – a lot of us understand what we are doing, are value for money and bluntly, keeping knowledge in the system when permanent staff are looking to leave.
June is alway the worst time if you do Information Governance (IG) in the NHS because you have to get your DSPT submission in by the end of the month. It never seems to get easier because the basic work never really gets planned into the working year. There is always something else that takes … Read more
Someone asked a similar question on LinkedIn “Why pay an accountant to check your maths?”. You pay an accountant for the things that you do not know. You pay a DPO for the things that you do not know. However, if your DPO is just into the theory they are not going to be of … Read more
…or is it blurring the boundaries because a clinical record is trying to be all things to all people? I cannot help get the feeling that a patient record is no longer just about their health and it is becoming a record linked to their interactions with health and social care.
If you have a faith or belief then I have nothing against that. Whether that faith or belief is compatible with data protection legislation is out of my remit. If the law does not specifically say as a faith representative that you can have access to patient records that is a reflection of the uncertainty … Read more
Ok – it has been going on for the last few months and June is now submission time. There will be some interesting tweaks in 2024/25 but the key message has to be this is business as usual. Just like FOI or SAR, DSPT returns are business as usual. Workloads may be increasing but this … Read more
I am not even sure they understand the issues. I think they see the job and how custom and practice supports them – not how the world has moved on. That is the only thing I am going to say about this election.
That is the title on the Wetherspoon News – special edition publishing all of the redactions made by the press about them. The truth does matter but sometimes people and organisations do not want to hear the whole truth or rather a variation of the truth that they can deal with. Even with data protection … Read more
One of the good things about data protection legislation not changing is that it keeps the human element involved with automated decision making. There always has to be a person at the end of the chain taking responsibility. ChatGPT, Copilot and other types out there all have their place and are great for finding source … Read more