Security of your information

The YHCR can only be accessed by registered health and care professionals who are authorised to view it, and only at point of care.

By law, all those working in the NHS or in those social care working as part of a health and care team, must respect privacy and keep all information safe. Your data can only be accessed over a secure health and care network and an audit trail is maintained to record access to records.

By law, all those working in the NHS or in those social care working as part of a health and care team, must respect privacy and keep all information safe. Your data can only be accessed over a secure health and care network and an audit trail is maintained to record access to records.

The YHCR is underpinned by an Information Sharing Agreement between the health and care organisations involved. This agreement supports the commitment to share information in a secure way and one that is compliant with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). This provides the legal basis to share information between health and care services when it is needed to deliver care.

The use of information is strictly controlled and used by healthcare providers in accordance with the Data Protection Legislation, the Human Rights Act 1998, the Common Law Duty of Confidentiality, the NHS Confidentiality Code of Practice, the NHS Records Management Code of Practice and the NHS Information Security Code of Practice. All partners involved are compliant with the Data Security and Protection (DSP) toolkit.