Guidance for Dealing with Police and other Public Bodies

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Written by Head of Customer Affairs

The guidance provided in this document is to assist Trust managers when dealing with enquiries from the Police, the Coroner, Social Services, the Health and Safety Executive and other external agencies.

Where appropriate, this document refers to other Trust Policies, which may provide more detailed and comprehensive guidance. Further guidance may also be available from the Trust's Data Protection Officer, Caldicott Guardian and Senior Information Risk Officer (SIRO).

In certain circumstances, it will be necessary to consider this policy in conjunction with guidance published by The Department of Health; The General Medical Council; The Nursing and Midwifery Council and others. Useful contact and website details are listed at the back of this document.

The guidance contained within this policy must not be considered to be exhaustive. It is not possible to account for every possible scenario or eventuality. In certain circumstances, it will be necessary to seek advice from more senior colleagues as necessary.

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Last Updated ( Thursday, 05 August 2010 09:25 )

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