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News and Events Archive 2022

14/06/2022
IG Support for Primary Care Newsletter - June 2022

The latest edition of the Information Governance for Primary Care Newsletter is now available.

14/06/2022
New! Your Privacy Your Rights

“Your Privacy Your Rights” is a national set of materials used to help NHS Wales organisations meet their legal obligations to the right to be informed, replacing the previous “Your Information Your Rights” materials.

27/06/2022
ICO Newsletter - June 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

If you subscribe to the ICO Newsletter, please update your preferences to continue to receive the newsletter. 

08/08/2022
Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Care 2022

Welsh Government have issued a Welsh Health Circular – WHC (2022) 008 notifying all organisations within the NHS in Wales, that with effect from May 2022, they should use the new Code of Practice.

08/08/2022
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill

The Data Protection and Digital Information Bill was introduced  to the House of Commons and given its First Reading on the 18th July following publication of the government’s response to the Data: a New Direction consultation.

08/08/2022
IG Support for Primary Care Newsletter - August 2022

The latest edition of the Information Governance for Primary Care Newsletter is now available.

11/08/2022
Covid-19 Public Inquiry – Retention of Records

Back in March 2022 Welsh Government wrote out to Public Bodies regarding the Covid-19 Public Inquiry and the retention of records.  The Terms of Reference of the Inquiry indicate that scope expands to Primary Care settings, including GP Practices. 

18/08/2022
ICO Newsletter - August 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

20/10/2022
IG Support for Primary Care Newsletter – October 2022

The latest edition of the Information Governance for Primary Care Newsletter is now available.

23/05/2022
Update: DVLA - Emailing Patient Information

Following work between the DVLA and DHCW’s Cyber Security Team we can confirm that the DVLA are now a TLS enabled organisation and have been added to the TLS list.  

10/05/2022
ICO Newsletter - May 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

If you subscribe to the ICO Newsletter, please update your preferences to continue to receive the newsletter. 

28/04/2022
ICO Newsletter - April 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

If you subscribe to the ICO Newsletter, please update your preferences to continue to receive the newsletter. 

28/04/2022
IG Support for Primary Care Newsletter - April 2022

The latest edition of the Information Governance for Primary Care Newsletter is now available.

20/04/2022
Update: All Wales Policies for Primary Care Service Providers

The set of All Wales Policies for Primary Care Service Providers have now been updated. These policies have been developed by the Information Governance Support for Primary Care Service and are supplementary to the All Wales Policies issued under the All Wales Information Governance Policy Framework, they are maintained by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) on behalf of all NHS Wales organisations.

22/03/2022
ICO Newsletter - March 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

If you subscribe to the ICO Newsletter, please update your preferences to continue to receive the newsletter. 

08/03/2022
New! Managing Health and Social Care Records: Code of Practice 2022

Welsh Government have recently published an updated Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care

21/02/2022
ICO Newsletter - February 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

17/01/2022
ICO Newsletter - January 2022

The latest newsletter published by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is now available to view.

12/01/2022
IG Support for Primary Care Newsletter - January 2022

The sixth edition of the Information Governance for Primary Care Newsletter is now available.