The Role of Caldicott Guardian

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The Role of Caldicott Guardian

• Protecting confidentiality of patient
  information, and
• Enabling appropriate information sharing

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Public Attitudes

• 64 of people concerned about how personal
  information held on government databases is
  stored and used
• 91 of citizens are happy for the NHS to
  hold and store information

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Risks

• Access to individual files
• Loss of files
• Widespread access to records
• Clinician without information

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Making a difference

• Clarity on policy
• Availability of tools
• Education
• Understanding of intent
• Change in behaviour