Consent and confidentiality

Ways to maintain confidentiality and privacy

Are names and addresses confidential

May be publically available but are confidntial when relating to health records

Pseudonymised data

Anonymous data

Explicity consent

May be spoken or written

When a person gives you explicit permission to do something

Implied consent

Requirements for valid consent

A person has capacity to consent if they can..

This is used to assess capacity

What factors can change capacity

Ftaigue, alcohol, drugs, panic

What happns when adults with capacity refse to consent

Consequences of rfusal must be explained without judgement or pressure

Detailed records kept

Do young people 16-17 have capacity?

Do children under 16 years have capacity?

What are advanced decisions

What happens when emergencies ocur where capacity cannot be asessed and consent is not obtained

What is the legal framework for data protection

UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) + Data Protection Act 2018

What does UKGDPR entail

7 principles of personal data

What is Caldicott

8 caldicott principles fo the NHS

Apply these principles in case studies

Disclosure of confidential info is allowed when