GUIDANCE NOTEOctober 2nd, 2020
FiledOctober 2nd, 2020Dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak presents many challenges to public service providers. The Information Commissioner1 and NHS Wales2 have issued statements acknowledging both the need to work differently and the pace at which organisations need to make decisions. Both statements suggest a proportionate approach to data protection and information governance, including information sharing agreements. Welsh Government has also issued a letter encouraging organisations to consider the provisions available under regulation 3(1) of the Health Service (Control of Patient Information) Regulations 2002 (COPI) to process confidential patient information.3