A community team considers sharing relevant information to prevent serious harm but worries that confidentiality means never sharing. Which Caldicott

Question

A community team considers sharing relevant information to prevent serious harm but worries that confidentiality means never sharing. Which Caldicott principle corrects that misconception?

Accepted Answer

Sharing for individual care can be as important as protecting confidentiality

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Information should be destroyed whenever responsibility for care transfers

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Confidential information should be used only for approved research purposes

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Controlled-drug information is excluded from ordinary confidentiality requirements

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Sharing confidential information always requires prior authorisation by a court

Caldicott Principles — SCE Palliative Medicine MCQ

A community team considers sharing relevant information to prevent serious harm but worries that confidentiality means never sharing. Which Caldicott principle corrects that misconception?