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The Caldicott Committee's Report on the Review of Patient-Identifiable Information, usually referred to as the Caldicott Report, was a review commissioned in 1997 by the Chief Medical Officer of England due to increasing worries concerning the use of patient information in the National Health Service (NHS) in England and Wales and the need to avoid the undermining of confidentiality because of ...
The Second Caldicott Report, chaired by Dame Fiona Caldicott, defined direct care as: A clinical, social or public health activity concerned with the prevention, investigation and treatment of illness and the alleviation of suffering of an identified individual. It includes supporting individuals’ ability to function and improve their ...
Dame Fiona Caldicott had held the position on a non-statutory basis since its inception in November 2014. [1] She was appointed the first statutory National Data Guardian in March 2019 [2] following the introduction of the Health and Social Care (National Data Guardian) Act 2018, and remained in post until her death in February 2021. [3]
The report made several recommendations, one of which was the appointment of Caldicott guardians, members of staff with a responsibility to ensure that patient data are kept secure: Recommendation 3: A senior person should be nominated in each NHS organisation, including the Department of Health and associated agencies, to act as a "guardian ...
It was founded on 11 July 2011 at Anglia House in Cambridge. Collecting anonymous data from the NHS was allowed under the National Health Service Act 2006.Patient data has a Caldicott guardian, from the Caldicott Report.
And nearly four in 10 retirees report health care expenses are higher than they expected them to be when they first retired, according to a survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI ...
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Dame Fiona Caldicott (née Soesan; 12 January 1941 – 15 February 2021) was a British psychiatrist and psychotherapist who also served as Principal of Somerville College, Oxford. [1] She was the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care in England until her death.