Health & Social Care: Promoting Good Practice in Information Handling

This assignment focuses on promoting good practices in handling information within health and social care (HSC) settings. It identifies key legislation such as the Health and Social Care Acts of 2008 and 2012, the Human Rights Act of 1998, and the Data Protection Act of 1998, which govern information management. The assignment summarizes the main legal requirements and codes of practice, emphasizing principles like fairness, purpose limitation, adequacy, accuracy, security, and adherence to individual rights. Furthermore, it describes security features of both manual and electronic information storage systems, highlighting measures like locked storage, access permissions, anti-virus tools, and password protection. The assignment concludes by referencing relevant journals, books, and online resources used to compile the information.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNIT-307 PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING
INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS..............................................3
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UNIT-307 PROMOTE GOOD PRACTICE IN HANDLING
INFORMATION IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SETTINGS
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Q 13: Identify legislation and codes of practice that relate to handling information in Health and
Social Care (HSC)
Answer: Given below are legislations that ensure proper handling of information at HSC:
 Health and Social Care Act, 2008
 Health and Social Care Act, 2012
 Human Right Act, 1998
 Data protection Act, 1998 (Mitchell, Koen and Darden, 2014)
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Q 14: Summarize the main points of legal requirements and codes of practice for handling
information in health and social care.
Answer: All the stated legislation and code of practices at HSC must cover following eight
guiding principles as main points:
 Guidelines should be processed fairly and lawfully
 They should be used only for the purpose for which it was gathered
 Should be Adequate, relevant and not excessive
 These must be accurate and kept up to date where necessary
 Kept for no longer than necessary
 Processed in line with the individual’s rights
 Kept secure (Lim, 2007)
 Not transferred outside the European Union without adequate protection.
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Q 15: Describe features of manual and electronic information storage systems that help ensure
security.
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Answer: The main feature of manual and electronic information storage system is that they are
locked. Easy access to these systems is not allowed and is only allowed with permission to
responsible member at the HSC (Babcock and Walton, 2008). There are electronic files which is
supported by anti-virus tools and secured password. Relevant reason has to be submitted for
accessing any information (Handling information in health and social care settings, 2013).
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REFERENCES
Journals and Books
Babcock, R. and Walton, R., 2008. Ahupuaʻa [electronic resource]. Reston, VA: American
Society of Civil Engineers.
Lim, R., 2007. Model competencies in regulatory therapeutic product assessment: Health
Canada's good review guiding principles as a reviewing community's code of intellectual
conduct. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 16(8). pp. 933-941.
Mitchell, M., Koen, C. and Darden, S., 2014. Dress Codes and Appearance Policies. The Health
Care Manager. 33(1). pp. 20-29.
Online
Handling information in health and social care settings. 2013. [PDF]. Available
through:<http://www.hscic.gov.uk/media/12822/Guide-to-confidentiality-in-health-and-
social-care/pdf/HSCIC-guide-to-confidentiality.pdf>. [Accessed on 13th October 2015].
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