RCGP Safeguarding toolkit

Guidance on information sharing

The GMC (General Medical Council), the ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) and other organisations all provide detailed guidance on information sharing which is set out in Appendix 1. Appendix 1 also contains devolved nation specific guidance.

All doctors should be aware of the relevant GMC guidance in full.

Useful additional tools:

• The GMC have a confidentiality decision tool in their guidance, ‘Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information’.
• The ICO also have a guidance tool: Lawful basis interactive guidance tool.