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Wirral Health Informatics Service has produced a leaflet and booklet which helps explain what happens to your information and how new technology is being used to help deliver patient care both quickly and securely. The booklet will also tell you how you can access your health information under the Data Protection Act 1998. You can visit www.dataprotection.gov.uk for more information about Data Protection and your rights of access. Each NHS organisation has a Caldicott Guardian who is responsible for agreeing and reviewing protocols governing the disclosure of patient indentifiable information within the NHS and across organisational boundaries. The name of the Caldicott Guardian for each of the 5 NHS organisations in Wirral can be found within the individual Freedom of Information Publication Schemes on www.wirralhealth.org.uk/foi.

The Caldicott Support Officer to all the Caldicott Guardians is based at Wirral Health Informatics Service, St Catherine's Hospital, Church Road, Birkenhead CH42 0LQ


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