Event details

A Half Day Workshop – 9.30am – 12.30pm

THE BUSINESS OF GENERAL PRACTICE

MODULE: Understanding GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation

 ‘we have an opportunity to set out a new culture of data confidence in the UK’

Although the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not come into force until May 2018, the scope of the changes under the new Regulation means that preparing for the GDPR will be high priority for the next 6 months. GDPR will need to be implemented alongside the New Data Protection Act which will both come into force on 25th May 2018.

You will need to carry out audits of the patient data and employee personal data that you collect and process to ensure that it meets GDPR conditions for patient and employee consent. New governance and record-keeping requirements mean that you will also have to create or amend policies and processes on privacy notices, data breach responses and subject access requests. There is a much greater emphasis on compliance following a widely-held belief that business up to now has not taken data privacy seriously enough. Possible penalties are considerably harsher and importantly now include small and medium businesses within the Public Sector. But, remember the new GDPR compliance requirements are not just and waving fines – it’s about realising that the data, upon which your business or practice is built, is managed in an appropriate, respectful, and lawful manner – and that the right levels of accountability and governance are applied by the practice.

There has never been a more important time to ensure that best practice is in place to secure patient and staff data, protect reputation and ensure compliance. A planned and structured approach is required to fully understand the necessary changes for both systems and user behaviour.

Objectives

This workshop has been designed to be practical and easily digestible for those with responsibility and liability for Information Governance within the Primary Care sector. The day is facilitated by experts in both Information Governance and Primary and will be very interactive. It will be both detailed and practical and will seek to provide clarity and an objective approach in preparing for the GDPR.

Directions

Directions

Travelling to Essex Equip By Car:

There is NO parking at the venue, but the public pay and display car park can be found on Newland Drive (CM8 2AP) about 300 yards away.  £6 for the whole day or for further tariff, please see Braintree Council Website

From the car park walk back to Collingwood Rd and then back up to the traffic lights. At the traffic lights turn left onto Newland St. (The George PH is on the corner) carry on walking until you reach the zebra crossing (outside the Public Library), cross the road and head towards the Dorothy L Sayers Statue and the Job Centre. Our entrance just at the rear of the Job Centre.

By Train

It is a 7 min walk from Witham Railway Station, head towards the town, turn left at THE AVENUE, continue walking down The Avenue to the junction with Newland Street, then turn right, carry on walking until you reach the zebra crossing (outside the Public Library), cross the road and head towards the Job Centre. Our entrance is just at the rear of the Job Centre.

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Refund Policy

Cancellations with a full refund will be accepted up to and including 15 days prior to the event.  Any refund request for places cancelled after this date will not be refunded.