Using Data Legally and Ethically
Resources to help you understand what data protection is and how you can keep information safe.
Less than 30 minutes
10 data security standards
Format: Webpage
Duration: 10 to 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner to Advanced
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: An overview of the 10 data security standards all health and social care providers must follow, put in place by the Department of Health and Social Care in 2017.
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Data ethics and GDPR
Format: Webpage
Duration: 10 minutes
Audience: Beginners in Physiotherapy
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Guidance to help you ensure you comply with rules that govern how you should gather and use patient data.
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Between 30 minutes and 1 hour
Information standards
Format: Webpage
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Audience: Beginners in Nursing
Account creation/sign in required: Yes (RCN members)
Description: Understand more about the importance of care records as an essential part of the daily routine of every health care professional. Here you can find a brief overview of the work the RCN does to ensure that patient information is recorded correctly.
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Data protection: discussion tool and competency assessment
Format: PDF documents
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Audience: Beginner to Advanced in Care
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: These resources enable care providers to ensure staff are competent in data security and protection. The discussion tool is designed to help managers to have discussions with frontline staff to check their knowledge of data security and protection, whilst the assessment tool is a multiple-choice quiz for frontline staff to provide evidence of their competence.
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More than 1 hour
Data security and protection eLearning
Format: eLearning
Duration: 1 hour and 20 minutes
Audience: Beginners in Care
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Use this course to improve and assess your knowledge of data protection and cyber security – including your individual responsibility to keep information safe.
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The general data protection regulation - making it work
Format: eLearning
Duration: 1 hour
Audience: Beginners in Pharmacy
Account creation/sign in required: Yes (CPPE membership)
Description: The aim of this e-learning programme is to develop the awareness, understanding and skills necessary for community pharmacy teams to implement the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and associated legislation.
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