Confidentiality
Confidentiality and disclosure of health information tool kit, September 2008
Questions about confidentiality and disclosure of healthcare information are becoming more complicated. The purpose of this tool kit is to identify the key factors which need to be taken into account when such decisions are made.Confidentiality and disclosure of information to PCTs in primary care settings, August 2007
This guidance only covers confidentiality and disclosure of patient identifiable information to PCTs for secondary purposes when the data are held by contractors/GPs who provide or perform general practice services.Confidentiality and people under 16
Ethical guidance issued jointly by the BMA, General Medical Services Committee, Health Education Authority, Brook Advisory Centres, Family Planning Association and Royal College of GPs, January 1994.Confidentiality as part of a bigger picture
The BMA feels it timely to debate how data currently, and in the future, flow within the healthcare system given the move away from a more personalised healthcare service.Secondary uses of patient information - guidance
In this guidance, published in June 2007, we focus on disclosure of patient information outside the team and consider three broad categories of secondary use: use within the NHS for administration, planning, and audit purposes, use by agencies commissioned by the NHS and use where identifiable information goes beyond health care provision in the NHS to include research and education.Taking and using visual and audio images of patients
Guidance on the use of patient images. These images form part of the patient’s medical record, and the same standards of confidentiality, and the same requirements for consent to disclosure apply
See also
- Guidance looking at the responsibilities of health professionals who may encounter victims or potential victims of forced marriage, particularly around issues of confidentiality.
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