may still share information without It is important that people remain consent if, in your judgement, that lack of confident that their personal information consent can be overridden in public is kept safe and secure and that interest. You will need to practitioners maintain the privacy rights base your judgement on the facts of of the individual, whilst sharing the case information to deliver better services. You must use your professional 5. Consider safety and well of judgement to decide whether to the person and others who may be share information or not and what affected by their actions information is appropriate to share. 6. Necessary, proportionate, relevant, are seven golden rules for accurate, timely and secure information sharing: 7. Keep a record of your decision and 1. Remember that the Data Protection the reasons for it. Record what you Act 1998 is not a barrier to sharing have shared, with whom and for information what purpose 2. Be open and honest with the person Gillick Competency/Fraser Guidelines (and/or their family where appropriate) at the outset about When working with young people why, what, how and with whom practitioners should use Gillick information will or could be shared Competencies/Fraser Guidelines. and seek their agreement unless These are in place to help assess it is unsafe or inappropriate to whether a child has the maturity to do so. make their own decisions and to understand the 3. Seek advice if you are in any doubt implications of decisions. The child without disclosing the identity of the must be capable of making a reasonable person where possible assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment proposed, 4. with consent where appropriate so the consent, if given, and, where possible, respect the can be properly and fairly described wishes of those who do not consent as true consent. to share confidential information. You
It is important that people remain confident that their personal information is kept safe and secure and that practitioners maintain the privacy rights of the individual, whilst sharing information to deliver better services. You must use your professional judgement to decide whether to share information or not and what information is appropriate to share. are seven golden rules for information sharing: 1. Remember that the Data Protection Act 1998 is not a barrier to sharing information 2. Be open and honest with the person (and/or their family where appropriate) at the outset about why, what, how and with whom information will or could be shared and seek their agreement unless it is unsafe or inappropriate to do so. 3. Seek advice if you are in any doubt without disclosing the identity of the person where possible 4. with consent where appropriate and, where possible, respect the wishes of those who do not consent to share confidential information. You may still share information without consent if, in your judgement, that lack of consent can be overridden in public interest. You will need to base your judgement on the facts of the case 5. Consider safety and well of the person and others who may be affected by their actions 6. Necessary, proportionate, relevant, accurate, timely and secure 7. Keep a record of your decision and the reasons for it. Record what you have shared, with whom and for what purpose Gillick Competency/Fraser Guidelines When working with young people practitioners should use Gillick Competencies/Fraser Guidelines. These are in place to help assess whether a child has the maturity to make their own decisions and to understand the implications of decisions. The child must be capable of making a reasonable assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of the treatment proposed, so the consent, if given, can be properly and fairly described as true consent.
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