Treating Confidential Information with Respect

A guide to confidentiality in health and social care

November 2013

What is the Guide to Confidentiality?

• Issued under section 265 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 as guidance

• Accessible to all – clear and unambiguous

• Brings rules, principles and obligations together

• Right balance between sharing and protecting data

• Consistent with Caldicott2

• Supports good decision making

• Based on five rules

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