Information governance guidance

Information Governance Framework: Shared Care Records

The Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care: Part 1 - Shared Care Records has been developed to provide a structured approach to ensure Shared Care Records meet their legal obligations.

Use and share information with confidence

This guidance will support you to use and share information with confidence when caring for patients and service users.

Information sharing in Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs)

A MDT is a group of health and care staff from different organisations and professions that together make decisions regarding the treatment of individual patients and service users. There are some IG considerations when working as part of an MDT.

Sharing information with the voluntary sector

This guidance provides information to health and care organisations on how information about patients and service users can be shared safely with the voluntary sector

Sharing information with unpaid carers

This guidance aims to advise those being cared for, carers and health and care professionals about how to share confidential information about an individual to support their care.

Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS) system template DPIA

This data protection impact assessment (DPIA) template is for professionals in health and care organisations who are responsible for managing their organisation’s access to and use of the Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS) system.

Personal data breaches and related incidents

This guidance provides advice to patients and service users on what a personal data breach is and to help health and care organisations deal with personal data breaches.

Records Management Code of Practice

The Records Management Code of Practice sets out how records relating to health and care should be managed.

Sharing information with the police

This guidance is about disclosure of information by health and care organisations to the police.

Amending patient and service user records

This guidance provides advice on patients and service users requesting changes to their health and care records. It also covers how staff should amend records.

Access to the health and care records of deceased people

This guidance provides advice on access to health and care records following the death of an individual.

Information sharing in social care

This guidance will support adult social care professionals with their legal duty to share information to support individual care.

Using information for reflective practice

This guidance provides advice on how patients’ and service users’ information should be used for reflective practice.

Personal health budget holders: data protection advice

Data protection advice for personal health budget holders who employ a personal assistant.

Identifying controllers and processors in health and care

Guidance to help IG professionals identify whether health and care organisations are acting as a controller, joint controller or processor in relation to processing of personal data.