Protecture attended the Independent Healthcare Apex Secure and Specialist Care Forum last week, Wednesday 23rd October 2013. It was great to meet so many providers, and learn about their approaches to data protection and their current and future needs. The …
Category Archives: Care Homes
Let them use their own devices? Home working and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) in focus
Categories: Care Homes, ICOChecking work emails; updating work documents; accessing work files: are your staff in the 47% of employees who, in a YouGov Survey, said they used their own personal smartphone, tablet PC or other portable device for work purposes? A recent …
Care inspector could use hidden cameras
Categories: Care Homes, Events, ICOIn the news, 15th October 2013: The new Adult Social Care Chief Inspector Andrea Sutcliffe raises the idea of using hidden cameras as part of the revamped inspection regime due in 2014. This prompted discussions and debate across the news: …
New guidance on Confidentiality in Health and Social Care
Categories: Care Homes, GuidanceThe Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) have published new guidance on confidentiality in health and social care. This guidance is for health and social care bodies and ‘anyone working with them to provide services or care’ who provide ‘publicly …
Protecture at the Quality in Care event, Basingstoke
Categories: Care Homes, EventsIt was great to meet so many from the Care Home sector last week at the “Quality in Care” event in Basingstoke. I hope you saw my presentation, or that we spoke at the stand… There was particular interest in …