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Direct care

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of

Direct care

from

NHS England Transformation Directorate: Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care: Shared Care Records (Sep 2021)

NHS England
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Has the same meaning as Individual Care. Both definitions below are taken from “Information: To Share or not to Share? The IG Review 2013”.
1. A clinical, social or public health activity concerned with the prevention, investigation and treatment of illness and the alleviation of suffering of individuals. It includes supporting individuals’ ability to function and improve their participation in life and society. It includes the assurance of safe and high quality care and treatment through local audit, the management of untoward or adverse incidents, person satisfaction including measurement of outcomes undertaken by one or more registered and regulated health or social care professionals and their team with whom the individual has a legitimate relationship for their care.
2. Direct care is provided by health and social care staff working in care teams, which may include doctors, nurses and a wide range of staff on regulated professional registers, including social workers. Relevant information should be shared with them when they have a legitimate relationship with the patient or service user.

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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-information-governance-review

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