The data protection act 1998: is a law for the safety of personal data. Which means people have the right to information wrote about them including doctor, hospital, social services and care notes. However, no personal information can be obtained about anybody else.
The freedom information act 2000: is a law for people to have access to information held by local and national health services.
Care standards act 2000:is an act that covers the standard of care that a person is entitled care sector .which all care agencies from private to public must adhere to
The Mental Health Act 1983: is a law that covers the reception, care and treatment of mentally disordered persons, the management of their property and other related matters. In particular, it provides the way which people diagnosed with a mental health disorder can be detained in hospital or police custody and have their disorder assessed or treated against their wishes, unofficially known as sectioning.
A2
The legal requirements and codes of practice are set out to aid a care worker by helping them to keep information safe and secure and to help give accurate accounts of the day and to give fact not opinion when detailing the information .also to have evidence based not just opinion when reporting what has happened or what they did.
A3
Different ways to help others to understand the importance of securely handling information is by having a discussion explain why and how important these things are to provide the correct level of care or by having training in the sector of human rights covering the laws and codes of conduct also having posters and leaflets with easy read to provide the correct information required .
A4
To help others to understand the different systems used to record information ,you can show previous records to show details required ,how it works and explain why we use the system.to give accurate information and ho this is used and stored to make it secure .
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Guidelines to show best practice to handle important information
Maintain records
The best way to maintain records is to write down what how and why you have done something at each call.it needs to be shareable. By doing this at each call nothing is missed out and that way the document stays full of fact. Also it needs to be readable to whom needs to read the record, the best way to do this is to write in black ink if you have hard to read style of wring use capitals you shouldn’t use any other color other than black ink as it can be easily changed to something else. You