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NHS information governance – guidance on legal and professional obligations
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Document type:Guidance
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Author:Department of Health
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Published date:17 October 2007
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Publication format:A4
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Product number:283473
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Gateway reference:8523
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Pages:64
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Copyright holder:Crown
Guidance on the range of legal and professional obligations that affect the management,use and disclosure of primarily NHS information, but also includes some social care requirements.
It will be primarily of use to those working within the information governance field. It is however best practice guidance, and where necessary organisations should obtain professional legal advice
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Please note that the link on p54 of this document to NMC Records and Record-keeping is broken as the document it links to has been taken off our website as the advice in it has been updated.
The most up to date advice on record keeping can now be found here
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