Healthcare Confidential
posted: 19/04/2010
NAT have produced Confidentiality in healthcare for people living with HIV. Why does medical confidentiality matter for people living with HIV? What can you expect from the NHS? What difference will the introduction of electronic medical records and changes in NHS information sharing mean for people living with HIV?
This report deals with contact tracing of sexual partners, prosecutions for reckless HIV transmission, testing in different settings, and the new NHS medical records IT systems.
Reassure, train, monitor
The report recommends the NHS should do more to reassure people with HIV about their confidentiality, including displaying more prominent information about NHS confidentiality policies. It proposes that NHS staff, particularly those providing new HIV testing, should have early training in HIV and confidentiality. NAT recommends that the NHS IT programme must be regularly monitored, including feedback from people living with HIV.
NAT will very soon publish a simple confidentiality in healthcare guide for people living with HIV, explaining what rights people living with HIV have, and what to expect from the NHS. NAT will put this out this Spring.
Confidentiality in Healthcare for people living with HIV pdf 2.6Mb
or as a direct download from NAT
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