Data Protection for Health Staff
Inhouse only
This workshop is designed for staff working in NHS Trusts and other Health organisations. The course will include the relationship between the Data Protection Act 1998 and issues specific to the health sector, such as the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice, access to medical records, and the broader requirements of the Information Governance regime. Delegates will participate in discussion of issues relating to the handling of information about patients, illustrated by specific scenarios to highlight potential problems and their resolution.
To register your interest in attending this workshop please contact the PL&B office.
Workshop Leaders
Valerie Taylor is a Privacy Laws & Business consultant and a qualified solicitor specialising in data protection, IT and intellectual property law. She qualified as a solicitor at Clifford Chance, and went on to work in the legal department of the Royal Mail Group plc where she was the principal data protection adviser. Valerie advises clients on all aspects of data protection and freedom of information business policies and procedures, is a contributing editor to the Privacy Laws & Business UK Newsletter, and is an accredited tutor for the ISEB DP qualification.
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Stuart Lynch provides training and consultancy in data protection, information privacy, and Freedom of Information. He holds the British Computer Society’s ISEB Certificates in Data Protection and Freedom of Information, for both of which he is an accredited course tutor.
He was formerly Principal Compliance and Data Protection Officer for Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council for over 10 years. One of his specialist areas concerns the data protection/human rights issues around the sharing of personal data between public authorities, and he contributed to the Lord Chancellor’s Department’s Development of Data Sharing Protocols Sub-Group.
He has provided training and consultancy services in Data Protection and Freedom of Information for a wide variety of public and private sector organisations, including government departments, local authorities, the NHS, charities, and academic institutions.
He has given presentations at many national seminars and conferences, including:
- I&DeA National e-Government Conference
- Privacy Laws & Business International Conference in Cambridge, 2001, 2004, 2005 and 2006.
- NADPO National Conference
- Data Protection Forum
He was a member of the Improvement and Development Agency (I&DeA) Rights in Data Working Group, for whom he developed a General Information Sharing Protocol for use by local authorities and other public sector organisations. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Data Protection Forum, of which he was a founder member.
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