At this extra-ordinary time, all at Kaleidoscope have agreed we must lend our skills to support NHS colleagues, and health services providers everywhere.
We are offering to provide free advice and guidance to any health service provider if they have concerns about handling of patient data.
Please use this email address to request support: IGsupport@nhsinformationgovernance.com
We will add answers to frequently asked questions as they build, and links to reference materials to this page, to gather advice offered by governments, supervisory authorities and other regulators, should sources require citation.
Useful links:
European guidance
European Data Protection Board Statement: https://edpb.europa.eu/sites/edpb/files/files/news/edpb_statement_2020_processingpersonaldataandcovid-19_en.pdf
UK guidance: NHS/health and social care specific
Not in any order
Added 24/3/2020
Digital Social Care: https://www.digitalsocialcare.co.uk/latest-guidance/covid-19-information-governance-and-information-sharing-guidance/
Nursing and Midwifery Council:https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/coronavirus/
Added 22/3/2020
NHS Digital – Microsoft Teams announcement: https://digital.nhs.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/messaging-tool-for-nhs-to-support-remote-working-during-coronavirus-outbreak
Coronavirus Contact Tracing App: https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2020/03/20/coronavirus-contact-tracking-app-in-process/
NHS COVID Live Impact Assessment: https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2020/03/18/nhs-covid-19-live-impact-assessment-tool-launched/
Public Health England main guidance for healthcare professionals and providers: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/wuhan-novel-coronavirus
Letter from Simon Stevens setting out the NHS position, 17 March 2020: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/publication/next-steps-on-nhs-response-to-covid-19-letter-from-simon-stevens-and-amanda-pritchard/
NHS England guidance for secondary care: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/secondary-care
NHS England guidance for primary care: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/primary-care/
Guidance for ambulance service trusts and community healthcare: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/community-social-care-ambulance/ and: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-guidance-for-ambulance-trust
Hospital discharge guidance: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/873876/COVID-19_Hospital_Discharge_Guidance.pdf
GMC guidance for doctors: https://www.gmc-uk.org/news/news-archive/coronavirus-information-and-advice
GDC guidance for dentists, including links through to NHS England model guidance for primary care dentists: https://www.gdc-uk.org/information-standards-guidance/covid-19-latest-guidance
GPhC guidance: https://www.pharmacyregulation.org/regulate/article/latest-updates-coronavirus-covid-19 includes links to NHS England guidance for community pharmacy
Joint regulatory guidance: https://www.nmc.org.uk/news/news-and-updates/how-we-will-continue-to-regulate-in-light-of-novel-coronavirus/
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges: https://www.aomrc.org.uk/covid-19/
CQC position statement on regulating during coronavirus outbreak: https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/stories/how-were-responding-outbreak-coronavirus
ICO guidance on data protection laws – GDPR: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2020/03/data-protection-and-coronavirus/ and https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-and-coronavirus/
ICO guidance on data protection laws – FOIA: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/icos-blog-on-its-information-rights-work
NHSX guidance on information governance: https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/key-information-and-tools/information-governance-guidanc
Resources for housing associations: https://www.housing.org.uk/news-and-blogs/news/responding-to-coronavirus–resources-for-housing-associations
Clinical Trials Guidance
Health Research Authority: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/policies-standards-legislation/covid-19-guidance-sponsors-sites-and-researchers/
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (Investigators): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/managing-clinical-trials-during-coronavirus-covid-19
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (Applications): https://www.gov.uk/guidance/clinical-trials-applications-for-coronavirus-covid-19
Medical Device Guidance
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mhra-guidance-on-coronavirus-covid-19
International guidance
Summary from Bird and Bird applicable to most organisation types; COVID-19 Guidance
Frequently Asked Questions:
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