Healthy NHS Board: a review of - NHS Leadership Academy
Healthy NHS Board: a review of - NHS Leadership Academy
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Information governance<br />
It is <strong>of</strong> growing importance that <strong>NHS</strong> organisations use<br />
information effectively and appropriately (Department<br />
<strong>of</strong> Health Informatics Directorate, 2011). Responsibility<br />
for information governance lies with the board and<br />
should be described in the statement <strong>of</strong> internal control.<br />
All staff with access to personal data should receive<br />
annual information governance training. In support <strong>of</strong><br />
transparency, an annual assessment should be conducted<br />
using the Information Governance Toolkit and the<br />
results published for <strong>review</strong> by regulators (for example<br />
the Care Quality Commission, local commissioners,<br />
the Audit Commission, or Monitor); also, any actual or<br />
potential loss <strong>of</strong> data or breach <strong>of</strong> confidentiality must be<br />
shared with stakeholders, for example through the trust<br />
annual report and through reporting to the Information<br />
Commissioner (Department <strong>of</strong> Health Informatics<br />
Directorate, 2011).<br />
18 The <strong>Healthy</strong> <strong>NHS</strong> <strong>Board</strong>, 2013: Principles for Good Governance