Within a healthcare context, Information Governance (IG) is concerned with the way NHS Organisations process or handle information. It covers personal information, i.e., that information relating to patients/service users, employees and corporate information, e.g. patient records, financial and accounting records.
The central basis for representing the key principles for the effective use and management of information consider that information must be held securely and confidentially. It must be obtained fairly and efficiently and recorded accurately and reliably. It should be used effectively and ethically with due legal regard paid when appropriately sharing information.
The IG assurance process has been developed to make sure that a comprehensive IG submission is made via the Toolkit and to indicate that the practice is adhering to professionally resilient Information Governance principals.
A typical approach would include:-