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What is Information Governance?

Information Governance is a framework or umbrella term. It informs the NHS and its partner organisations of the processes and procedures that it must have to ensure:

Your confidentiality is respected
Your records are held in secure conditions
Information about you is recorded clearly and accurately, so that it can be easily read and relied upon by others providing you with care.

The Information Security Management: NHS Code of Practice is a guide to the methods and required standards of practice in the management of information security for those who work within or under contract to, or in business partnership with NHS organisations in England. It is based on current legal requirements, relevant standards and professional best practice.

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The Information Governance Toolkit

The Information Governance Toolkit provides primary health care teams and NHS professionals with the information to assist them in dealing with the legal, ethical and social issues of information governance in relation to accessing patients' data. It covers the problems that can arise from the computerisation of patient records and guides practitioners through tackling real difficulties that can arise when trying to implement the current legislation rules and policies.

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Protecting the NHS Infrastructure

In order to connect with N3, organisations must first ensure that their information security management system (ISMS) complies with NHS security policies - which take all their controls from the ISO/IEC 27001 information security management standard.

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Information Governance