Caldicott Report

The Caldicott Committee's Report on the Review of Patient-Identifiable Information, usually referred to as the Caldicott Report was a review commissioned in 1997 by the Chief medical Officer of England due to increasing worries concerning the use of patient information in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales and the need to avoid the undermining of confidentiality because of the development of information technology in the NHS, and its ability to propagate information concerning patients in a rapid and extensive way.

8 principles

The following 8 principles are used to protect the use of confidential health information in the United Kingdom.

• Principle 1: Justify the purpose(s) for using confidential information
• Principle 2: Use confidential information only when it is necessary
• Principle 3: Use the minimum necessary confidential information
• Principle 4: Access to confidential information should be on a strict need-to-know basis
• Principle 5: Everyone with access to confidential information should be aware of their responsibilities
• Principle 6: Comply with the law
• Principle 7: The duty to share information for individual care is as important as the duty to protect patient confidentiality
• Principle 8: Inform patients and service users about how their confidential information is used

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• Caldicott guardian
• UK Caldicott Guardian Council (UKCGC)