Confidentiality: Code of Practice for Health and Social Care in Wales
This document sets out non-statutory guidance on best practice for
those who work within or under contract to NHS or local authority social
services authorities operating in Wales concerning confidentiality and the
consent of patient and social care service users to the use of their health and
social care records. This document will replace previous guidance for the
NHS (DGM (96)43 – The Protection and Use of Patient Information) and is
a key component of emerging confidentiality arrangements for the NHS and
social care services.
those who work within or under contract to NHS or local authority social
services authorities operating in Wales concerning confidentiality and the
consent of patient and social care service users to the use of their health and
social care records. This document will replace previous guidance for the
NHS (DGM (96)43 – The Protection and Use of Patient Information) and is
a key component of emerging confidentiality arrangements for the NHS and
social care services.