Analysis of NMC Code Breach of Confidentiality in Healthcare Report

This report delves into the critical issue of breaches of confidentiality within the healthcare sector, focusing on adherence to the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council) code of conduct. It defines a breach as a violation of laws, agreements, or codes of conduct, particularly concerning patient care and data privacy. The report examines the process for addressing such breaches, including identifying vulnerabilities, seeking legal and security counsel, notifying relevant parties, addressing risks, and managing consequences. It emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and professional development in upholding the NMC code, particularly concerning patient confidentiality. The report also highlights the need for healthcare professionals to prioritize patient privacy and provide accurate information about care and treatment. References from journals and books provide further insights into the subject.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................1
Main Body.......................................................................................................................................1
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................3

Introduction
Breach refers to an act of breaking or failing to follow specific law, agreement or codes of
conduct. It includes the practice of ignoring the specific policy, legislation, ethics or standards of
performance while dealing with patient in health and social care (Dean, 2017). This project will
focus on breach and process to deal with the same according to the NMC codes of conduct. It
will also include the discussion about connection between self-awareness and professional
development.
Main Body
Breaching can be described as a practice to break law, agree and codes of conduction which is
responsible for developing a major issue. It includes the practice of care professionals in regards
to mistaken to obey codes of conduct which can create some problem for patients condition or
some clinical errors (Damgård and et. al., 2018). Basically, it is observed that specific process to
require to be followed in order to deal with occurred breach in health and social care. It is
necessary to follow several steps to complete the entire procedure which is mentioned here.
Step 1: Identify vulnerabilities – It consist the criterion of evaluating actual root of particular
problem and isolate any issues to stop the breach.
Step 2: Seek professional legal and security counsel – This includes the way of seeking
assistance from legal and security professionals to make proper decision of dealing with specific
breach in healthcare.
Step 3: Notify appropriate parties – It includes the HIPAA breach notification rule to establish
strict breach notification process (Griffith, 2019).
Step 4: Address risks – This involves the criterion of take actions restoring data from clean
backups, reformatting hacked devices and updating all accounts with new, secure passwords.
Step 5: Manage resulting consequences – The final step is all about healthcare security breaches
can have long-lasting consequences.
NMC codes of conduction related to confidentiality is 5 respect people’s right to privacy an
confidentiality which should be maintained by care professionals while dealing with clients in
proper manner. It is necessary to make sure that client should get information about their care
facilities and treatment properly. However, it has been analysed that NMC codes of are required
to be followed such as prioritise people, practise effectively, preserve safety and promote
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professionalism & trust. It involves the criterion of considering the data protection act effectively
to maintain privacy of an individual. It is necessary to maintain confidentiality about patient
situation because a minor medical problem may create major social problem for an individual
from which they may even suffer for a life long duration (Siniscalchi, 2018). However, self-
awareness of various codes of conduct, legislations and ethics is helpful to enhance professionals
skills as well as abilities of an individual. It will facilitate to make clinical skill perfect in order to
deliver better quality of care.
Conclusion
The above assignment can be concluded that breaches are required to be evaluated in healthcare
and follow desired process to deal with then in effective manner. It is necessary for nursing staff
and professionals to follow NMC code of confidentiality to provide desired treatment for
wellbeing of people.
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References
Books and journals
Dean, E., 2017. Unlocking the NMC code of conduct. Emergency Nurse (2014+), 25(2), p.13.
Damgård, I. and et. al., 2018, November. Continuous NMC secure against permutations and
overwrites, with applications to CCA secure commitments. In Theory of Cryptography
Conference (pp. 225-254). Springer, Cham.
Griffith, R., 2019. Electronic records, confidentiality and data security: the nurse's
responsibility. British Journal of Nursing, 28(5), pp.313-314.
Siniscalchi, L., 2018, November. Continuous NMC Secure Against Permutations and
Overwrites, with Applications to CCA Secure Commitments. In Theory of Cryptography: 16th
International Conference, TCC 2018, Panaji, India, November 11–14, 2018, Proceedings, Part
II (Vol. 11240, p. 225). Springer.
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