Ensuring the protection of patient's personal information.
It incorporates law such as the Data Protection Act 1998, Freedom of Information Act 2000 and common law duty as well as Central Government guidance.
Pharmacies are expected to attain level 2 against each of the pharmacy information governance requirements by 31 March 2012.
The Department of Health has confirmed that pharmacies are exempted from completing information governance requirement 9-319 (business continuity planning) in 2011/12 whilst discussions continue between PSNC and the Department of Health on business continuity planning.
There are therefore no significant changes to the IG requirements this year.
IG helpdesk
Also a reminder that the IG helpdesk number has changed. If you need technical support on using the Toolkit including obtaining access rights and password resets contact the Exeter Helpdesk:
Email: Exeter.helpdesk@nhs.net
Telephone: 0845 3713671
What resources are available?
SOP templates
SOP templates are available for each IG requirement.
Patient information leaflet
We have produced a patient information leaflet, ‘Safeguarding your information' which meets requirement 213.
