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Yes – and the main reason is because they have moved away from ownership to advice and guidance. If you simply say “I only advise” people are going to learn that nothing ever gets done.

There does not seem to be any pride in the work that people do – both in terms of factual quality or in terms of the quality of the work itself. If you are implementing new processes or providing advice and guidance in areas from employment law to data protection law, there has to be … Read more

It is not a backlog if the ICO has not noticed how many requests are outstanding and only becomes a backlog when the ICO starts to get involved. A 2.5% compliance rate (at times) and 650+ backlog should never have been acceptable and senior management should have been fighting tooth and nail to overcome the … Read more

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