The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Committee’s 1997 Report on the review of patient-identifiable information6 established 6 principles for sharing information, recognising that confidential patient information may need to be disclosed in the best interests of the patient. It also discusses in what circumstances this may be appropriate and what safeguards need to be observed. This report was reviewed in 2013 adding a 7th principle. Providers and commissioners of healthcare and adult social care are expected to comply with the Caldicott Principles when sharing information. The principles are that the use of information should be:
The Caldicott Principles. The Supplier shall comply with (and shall not do anything or fail to do anything which shall cause the Organisation to be in breach of) the Caldicott Principles and undertakes to comply with the following principles:
The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Committee’s 1997 Report on the review of patient-identifiable information6 established 6 principles for sharing information, recognising that confidential patient information may need to be disclosed in the best interests of the patient. It also discusses in what circumstances this may be appropriate and what safeguards need to be observed. This report was reviewed in 2013 adding a 7th principle. Providers and commissioners of healthcare and adult social care are expected to comply with the Caldicott Principles when sharing information. The principles are that the use of information should be: Justified Necessary Minimal On a need to know basis and that users of information should: Understand their responsibilities Comply with the law And additionally, that The duty to share information can be as important as protecting patient confidentiality The Caldicott principles are set out more fully in appendix D below.
The Caldicott Principles. Following the 1997 Caldicott Committee Report a number of general principles were set out for health and social care organisations when reviewing the use of personal information. The Caldicott Principles apply to health and social care organisations’ use of personal information. These organisations are required to observe the following principles when using personal information: ⮚ justify the purpose; ⮚ not use personal information unless it is absolutely necessary; ⮚ use the minimum amount of personal information that is necessary; ⮚ access to personal information should be on a strict need-to-know basis; ⮚ everyone should be aware of their responsibilities with regard to personal information; ⮚ action should be taken to ensure that those handling personal information are aware of their responsibilities and obligations to respect an individual’s confidentiality; and ⮚ understand and comply with the law. Each health and social care organisation has a Caldecott Guardian responsible for:
The Caldicott Principles. The Parties acknowledge that the Caldicott Principles must be applied to the Processing of Personal Data to ensure that the information is only shared for justified purposes. The Caldicott Principles are: justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information; only use it when absolutely necessary; use the minimum that is required; access should be on a strict need-to-know basis; everyone must understand his or her responsibilities; understand and comply with the law; and the duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality
The Caldicott Principles. In applying safeguarding principles agencies may need to balance the requirements of confidentiality with the consideration that, to safeguard vulnerable adults, it may be necessary to share information. This should be done consistent with the framework provided by the Data Protection Act 1998 and in relation to confidential personal information consistent with the Caldicott principles outlined below: Formal justification for purpose Information transferred only when absolutely necessary Only the minimum required Need to know access controls All to understand their responsibilities
The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott Principles were developed in 1997 following a review of how patient information was handled across the NHS. The Review Panel set out six Principles that organisations should follow to ensure that information that can identify a patient is protected and only used when it is appropriate to do so. In April 2013 a review introduced an additional Caldicott Principle. The seven Caldicott principles are as below: Principle 1 Justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information Principle 2 Don't use personal confidential data unless it is absolutely necessary Principle 3 Use the minimum necessary personal confidential data Principle 4 Access to personal confidential data should be on a strict need-to-know basis Principle 5 Everyone with access to personal confidential data should be aware of their responsibilities Principle 6 Comply with the law Principle 7 The duty to share information can be as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality The Crime and Disorder Xxx 0000 Section 115 of the Crime and Disorder Act provides a power to exchange certain information between partners where the disclosure of information is necessary to support the overall public protection service (e.g. a local community safety strategy) or other provisions in the Crime and Disorder Act. This power does not affect other legal obligations and means that the Data Protection Act, Human Rights Act and Common Law Duty of Confidentiality must still be adhered to. Human Rights Xxx 0000 Public authorities must comply with the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in the performance of their functions. The HRA also applies to organisations in the private sector insofar as they carry out functions of a public nature. Where the HRA applies, organisations must not act in a way that would be incompatible with rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. It is important to ensure that rights to privacy are maintained and only over-ridden in circumstances where it is judged the sharing of PID/PII is in the interests of public (e.g. public safety - it is used to prevent crime and disorder) Freedom of Information Xxx 0000 This Act provides clear statutory rights for those requesting information together with a strong enforcement regime. Under the terms of the Act, any member of the public is able to apply for access to information held by bodies across the public sector. The release of ‘personal information’ remains protected by the Data Protection Xxx 0000.
The Caldicott Principles. The Caldicott principles apply to health and social care organisations’ use of personal information; these organisations are required to observe the following principles when using personal information. The original Caldicott Review was published in 1997 and reviewed by Dame Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx in 2013 and included an additional principle to emphasise the need to give greater focus to information sharing. The revised list of Caldicott principles are as follows:
The Caldicott Principles. 2.5.1 Following the 0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Report a number of general principles were set out for health and social care organisations when reviewing the use of personal information. These are: Justify the purpose. Don’t use personally identifying information unless it’s absolutely necessary. Use the minimum amount necessary of personally identifying information. Access to personal information should be on a strict need to know basis. Everyone should be aware of their responsibilities with regard to personal information. Action should be taken to ensure that those handling personally identifiable information are aware of their responsibilities and obligations to respect an individual’s confidentiality. Understand and comply with the law.
The Caldicott Principles. (Revised 2013) Principle 1 - Justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information Every proposed use or transfer of personal confidential data within or from an organisation should be clearly defined, scrutinised and documented, with continuing uses regularly reviewed, by an appropriate guardian.
