Managing Disclosure Dilemmas

This week’s topics

Managing Disclosure Dilemmas

1. Informed consent and capacity to share
2. Best interests decisions under the Mental Capacity Act
3. Multi-agency information sharing protocols
4. Recording justification for breach of confidence
5. The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure - Dr Gwen Adshead

What you will be able to do

• 3.2 Discuss how to maintain and promote confidentiality in day-to-day communication.
• 3.3 Describe the potential tension between maintaining an individual’s confidentiality and disclosing information.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: discuss how to maintain and promote confidentiality in day-to-day communication.

Study materials

Videos

• The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure - Dr Gwen Adshead · YouTube · Gresham College · 52 min · for registered students
• Mental Capacity Act principle 4: Best interests · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 1 min · for registered students
• Mental Capacity Act principle 1: Assume capacity · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 1 min · for registered students

Further resources

• The Caldicott Principles (National Data Guardian, 2020) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Mental Capacity Act 2005 Code of Practice · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
• Decision-making and mental capacity (NICE guideline NG108, 2018) · Reading · Nice, guidance · for registered students