NHS X: COVID-19 Information Governance advice

Summary

Information governance is all about how to manage and share information appropriately. During these uncertain times, and with staff self isolating as well as patients, NHS X has advice for doing things differently.

Content

We will need to work in different ways from usual and the focus should be what information you share and who you share it with, rather than how you share it. The following advice sets out some of the tools that you can use to support individual care, share information and communicate with colleagues during this time. This includes communications tools where data is stored outside of the UK.

This advice is endorsed by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the National Data Guardian and NHS Digital.