Department for health releases document including an assurance framework for 2018 the day before Halloween.
The document outlines a plan that health and social care organisations should adopt in line to be compliant with protecting patient data.
From April 2018 the new Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSP) Toolkit, will replace the Information Governance Toolkit (IG Toolkit) and consists of 10 data security standard and meeting their statutory obligations on data protection and security. The DSP Toolkit will launch as GDPR comes into effect across the EU, highlighting a wider government strategy to prioritise safe data handling, retention and where necessary, deletion.
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