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Healthcare Conferences UK in association with Christopher Fincken, Independent Member & Former Chair of the UK Caldicott Guardian Council, are pleased to announce this National Caldicott Guardian Conference which will focus on the Caldicott Guardian and Ethical Decision Making – with particular emphasis on the Duty of Candour and reflecting on ethical issues that have arisen during Covid-19.
“The importance of the Caldicott Guardian acting as “the conscience of the organisation” remains central to trusting the impartiality and independence of their advice.”........“There are thousands of Caldicott Guardians in health and social care organisations across the UK. They share a common function, which is to make wise decisions about the use of people’s information. They balance the need to protect people’s confidentiality with the need to protect their welfare by ensuring that information is safely communicated among the various professional teams caring for an individual, sometimes across organisational boundaries. They bring to bear ethical as well as legal considerations, making judgements about real life human situations that could not be done by a machine.”
“The outcomes of a recent consultation found that even after 23 years since its inception, the Caldicott Principles and Caldicott Guardians (22,000 of them) were still considered valuable and useful today… the Caldicott Principles are an invaluable resource that can provide staff with a common sense approach. Playing an important part in embedding these principles into the work of their organisatons, Caldicott Guardians are often referred to as the conscience of their organisation. They have a deep understanding of how health and care data is different to other data, because in many cases they are clinicians and care providers themselves, and therefore are advocates for patients and service users. ”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with fellow Caldicott Guardians and those working to deliver the Caldicott Principles
- Understand and reflect on Caldicott decision making and develop ethical expertise
- Update your knowledge on ethical decision making principles and frameworks and how you can implement these within your Caldicott role and decision making practice
- Reflect on ethical issues related to information sharing during Covid-19
- Learn from established practice in the delivery of Caldicott Principles
- Understand strategies for when there is disagreement or no clear answers
- Understand the legal and ethical implications of the Duty of Candour
- Learn from case review of difficult ethical Caldicott issues and how to use decision making templates to improve consistency in practice
- Identify key strategies for dealing with difficult issues relevant to Caldicott practice
- Reflect on the inter relationship between legal and ethical issues
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Gain CPD accreditation points contributing to professional development and revalidation evidence
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