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Code of Conduct
All Wirral NHS organisations work to a "Code of Conduct for handling personal identifiable information". Working to the same Code of Conduct helps ensure a more unified approach across the NHS organisations to the way NHS staff handle, store, transfer and general work with personal information. This also helps ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act www.dataprotection.gov.uk.

Please click here to view the Code of Conduct website

In addition to the local Code of Conduct, the ‘Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice’ has been published by the Department of Health following public consultation in 2002/2003. The consultation included representatives from a range of professional, and private backgrounds along with key regulatory bodies who have helped develop, agree and endorse this final version. The Code has been endorsed by the Information Commissioner, the General Medical Council and the British Medical Association. www.doh.gov.uk/ipu/confiden/protect/index.htm.


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