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Confidentiality and Collaboration The ethics of information sharing in health and social care. Anecdotes. Mother Grandmother Schools. Data and Information. Massive transformation Case conferences Databases Compatibility, eg PNIP International EU, eg sex offenders.
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Confidentiality and Collaboration The ethics of information sharing in health and social care
Anecdotes • Mother • Grandmother • Schools
Data and Information • Massive transformation • Case conferences • Databases • Compatibility, eg PNIP • International EU, eg sex offenders
Police, Security etc • Police, security, • Sex offenders register • CRB • Car number plates • Prison, probation • Immigration
Health Social Care etc • Hospitals • GPs • Private • Mental Health • Social Services
Finance etc • Tax • Council tax • Rent and Mortgage • Bank • Business • Electoral Register
Rules for Access • Law • Ethics • Professional practices • ?Common Sense?
Purpose of Access 1 • Individual, ?absolute right? • Relatives and friends, Power of Attorney • Public authorities, eg tax • Benefit fraud, Sickness, Disability? • Private Investigators, Hacking • Marketing material
Purpose of Access 2 • Police/security • Level of crime • Serious and organised • Terrorism • Suspected • Criminal Record • Public protection, eg disease, diabetes • Genetic? • Sarah’s Law?
Who Makes Rules? • Law + Judges • Human Rights Act • RIPA • Ethics • Professional practices • ?Common Sense?
Who Makes Judgement? • Individual • Professional • Group of Professionals / Case Conference • ‘Public Interest’, Executive, Judicial
Qualities of judgement • Facts, easier said than done • Legal, professional ethical frameworks • Wider consequences, eg trust • Conventional opinion, impact on practice • Openness and Transparency • Confidentiality – both ways • ‘Moral courage’
Always a Balance • Few absolutes (Swiss banks!) • Different ethical frameworks not better or worse, just different • Procedures for resolving differences • Not always time
Damned if you doDamned if you don’t • Social Work • Health • Probation • Police
Regular reform of Law • Parliament • High Court judgements • Ethics should be part of debate about law • Professional standards
Conclusion • Important debate • Inter-professional dialogue essential • Informed public discussion • Balance always need to be struck • No absolutes