FFLM Webinars – Caldicott Principles and the Challenges of Information Sharing in the Criminal Justice System
Join our Free Webinar – Caldicott Principles and the Challenges of Information Sharing in the Criminal Justice System
Presented by Dr George Fernie, Senior Medical Reviewer for Healthcare Improvement Scotland, and chaired by Dr Alex Gorton, President of the FFLM, this webinar offers a valuable perspective for professionals across forensic and legal medicine.
George is the Senior Medical Reviewer based at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, where his main role is to lead the Death Certification Review Service for the system of random, proportionate scrutiny of MCCDs implemented in May 2015. He was the inaugural Registrar and third President of the FFLM. George is also the Interim Chair of the NHS Scotland Public Benefit and Privacy Panel, the Caldicott Guardian at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Chair of the UK Caldicott Guardian Council and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Contemporary Coronial Law at the University of Bolton.
The webinar will
- Outline the background and purpose of the UK Caldicott Guardian Council.
- Consider the common law basis for the sharing of information.
- Describe the legal, ethical and appropriate use of data
- Contextualise information usage within the home nations of the UK.
- Explain the challenges of confidentiality within the criminal justice system and how to negotiate these to the benefit of society and individuals.
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RECORDING NOTICE: The webinar will be recorded so that it is available for attendees to play back later. The recording will be made available to attendees, though will not be available to purchase after the date of the event. Please contact the FFLM team at forensic.medicine@fflm.ac.uk if you have any questions or concerns. This online event enables an attendee to attend through a personal device’s microphone and/or camera. An attendee may elect not to participate through use of a microphone and/or camera. The election of an attendee to use a microphone and/or camera constitutes a release and waiver of rights in the capture of the attendee’s image, likeness and/or voice for the exclusive use by the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine.
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