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In the course of your engagement with the practice, you may have access to, see or hear, confidential information concerning the medical or personal affairs of patients, staff or associated healthcare professionals. Unless acting on the instructions of an authorised person within the practice, on no account should such information be divulged or discussed except in the performance of your normal duties. Breach of confidence, including the improper passing of computer data, could result in disciplinary action leading to your dismissal (for employees), or termination of contract (for self-employed individuals).
You should also be aware that regardless of any action taken by the practice, a breach of confidence could result in a civil action against you for damages.
You must ensure that all records, including computer screens and computer printouts of patient data, are never left in such a manner that unauthorised persons can obtain access to them. Computer screens must always be cleared when left unattended and you must ensure you log out of computer systems, removing your password. All passwords to practice systems must be kept confidential.
No unauthorised use of the practice Internet or email is allowed.
Information concerning patients or team members is strictly confidential and must not be disclosed to unauthorised persons. This obligation shall continue in perpetuity. Disclosures of confidential information or disclosures of any data of a personal nature can result in prosecution for an offence under the National law or an action for civil damages.
It is the responsibility of all team members to ensure data security. You agree to be responsible for the confidentiality, integrity and availability of all data which you have access to in the course of your work.
You must adhere to our Data Protection Policy (M 233-DPT) and associated policies, which will all be made available to you.
During the course of your employment, you may be granted administrator access to IT systems and as such may have elevated rights compared to a normal system user. This includes access to sensitive information which would not normally be required to be accessed as part of your role. If you are granted this access you agree to be held accountable in a formal way to a higher standard of confidentially than others.
The Information Governance Procedures (M 217C) and in particular the Code of Practice within it sets the rules of confidentiality and information security.
I have read, understand and agree to the terms and conditions set out above:
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