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click on the link below
About the Freedom of Information Act
Code of Conduct on Confidentiality
Bebington & West Wirral PCT
Birkenhead & Wallasey PCT
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Trust
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Wirral Hospital NHS Trust
Freedom of Information
Caldicott Home
Endorsements
Background to
Caldicott
Principals of
Caldicott
Definitions
Ensuring
Confidentiality
Disciplinary
Proceedings and the
Law
Agreements to be
signed
Appx 1 - Data
Protection Principals
Appx 2 - Access to
Information
Code
of Conduct on Confidentiality
and handling personal identifiable information
March 2002
This is a generic
Code of Conduct for all Wirral NHS staff and covers personal
information concerning staff as well as patients.
Appendix 2 - Access to Information
The Data Protection Act 1998
is the legislation that safeguards the processing of personal
information.
You are allowed by law to see your medical or personnel records
under the Data Protection Act 1998. Requests should be in writing
to your GP or the Medical Records Office (if applying to a hospital)
and must be responded to within 40 days. There is a duty to
keep medical records up to date. If you feel anything has been
added to the record that is factually incorrect, you have the
right to have it amended or deleted. You can also apply for
compensation for any distress caused by the inclusion of factually
incorrect information.
Can any of the information held in the record be withheld?
Yes, information contained in your records likely to cause harm
to your mental or physical state, or that of other people, may
be withheld. Any third party information would not be revealed
without their consent.
For further information, see the leaflet "Using the law to
protect your information" published by the Information Commissioner
(Tel: 01625 545700) or www.dataprotection.gov.uk
or contact the Caldicott Guardian for the following organisations.
Wirral Hospital
NHS Trust - 0151 678 5111
Wirral &
West Cheshire NHS Trust - 0151 678 7272
Clatterbridge
Centre for Oncology - 0151 334 1155
Bebington &
West Wirral Primary Care Trust - 0151
651 0011
Birkenhead
& Wallasey Primary Care Trust - 0151
651 0011
