National Data Guardian for Health and Care 2017 report: impact and influence for patients and service users

This report from the National Data Guardian looks back over the past three years since the creation of the National Data Guardian role and it describes future priorities. It sets out a case for the independent advice and challenges that the role provides to ensure that confidential data collected by the NHS and social care services is safeguarded and used appropriately to improve care.

Revised guidance on confidentiality published

Today sees the relaunch of our Guidance on confidentiality, which provides advice for registrants on how they should handle and share information about service users.Click here foe HCPC update