Includes updates to the NHS Scotland privacy notice for the Testing and Contact Tracing elements of the Test & Protect Strategy.

Today has been published the update to the Intra-NHS Scotland Information Sharing Accord (2020), which comes into effect across NHS Scotland organisations from the 22 June 2020. This Accord re-enforces the spirit of our duties as Data Controllers within the NHS Scotland, and our recognition that the duty to share information can be as important as […]

Note the ICO have launched a Covid Hub webpage with useful info and resources.

Includes an update to the  Test and Protect strategy in Scotland, as well as further details in relations to processing of data for Shielding, Testing and TTI.

The Scottish Government Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care (Scotland) 2020 has now been published. This is the first of its kind as it has been jointly drafted in collaboration with Local Authorities, NHS Scotland Health Boards,  General Practices, National Records Scotland and our network of archivists. This version supersedes the Scottish Government […]