The Kent and Medway Information Governance Programme Board
Information Governance workshops
It is important that all KCC staff attend these workshops (unless you have attended in the last year), but particularly those who handle client information - so please complete the Booking Form below. The workshops run from 9:30am to 3:30pm (with registration from 9:00am) and lunch is included. More details are in the flyer below.
Information Governance Training Flyer
Information Governance Training Booking Form
The Kent and Medway Three Tier Model for Information Sharing
BackgroundThere is a balance to be struck between sharing enough information to help safeguard vulnerable individuals effectively, and preserving the privacy of the individual. We therefore need to ensure we have mechanisms in place to enable reliable and secure exchange of data within appropriate legal and ethical boundaries.
In order to assist staff and managers with the application of the national 'Information Governance' rules about confidentiality, privacy, data security, consent, disclosure and access to records - it is useful to have locally documented clarity about how legal constraints 'fit' with practice guidelines, and what can and cant be shared with whom, in what circumstances and for what purposes.
Policies, procedures, codes of practice, staff guidance, and training materials are all necessary to raise awareness of the legal and ethical boundaries around information disclosure and the rules and methods of access to data. However, the Kent and Medway Information Governance Programme Board have also been overseeing the implementation of a 'Three-Tier Model for Information Sharing'.
This model allows agencies to build on existing partnerships and allows flexibility for future development. It also means that when organisations are faced with personnel changes or organisational restructuring, only third tier protocols may need revision.
The framework, once in place, will ensure transparency in our information governance practices, and it will aid the documenting of information sharing decisions and actions to ensure they are auditable. However, by design it will not provide us with a 'one size fits all' solution and will importantly still allow room for common sense and the exercising of professional judgement - as we must not allow the application of processes and procedures to interrupt the flow of care, or potentially compromise the ability of professionals to intervene swiftly at times of risk.
Please contact Charlie Beaumont for any further advice or guidance on: Tel: 01622 696579
Email: Charlie Beaumont
KCC Information Governance Training presentation