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Understand confidentiality in adult social care settings

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In this lesson you will learn:

Ways to maintain confidentiality in day to day communication.
About situations where information normally considered to be confidential might need to be shared with agreed others
How and when to seek advice about confidentiality

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Visit the Information Commissioner’s website to find out more about the ‘UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) guidance and resources’ and good practice with regard to confidentiality:
Think of 5 reasons why it is important to maintain confidentiality in a health and social setting. What might be the consequences of not maintaining confidentiality?
Click to read more about ‘Information sharing in social care’ from the NHS England - Transformation Directorate. Social care professionals have a legal duty to share information to support individual care.

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