I really can't see why it is breaching Dp unless it is in full view of
the public. I know with Accident Books here we had to scrap them due to
DP as anyone could view the Book. It may be the same principle but from
what you say it is only staff who are dealing with the young people who
see the information. Surely you must have some way of logging incidents
- Health & Safety - protection of staff/young people etc.
D
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Subject: Log Books and CSCI Inspections
Dear colleagues,
I wonder if I can lean on some advice.
Here at the Together Trust we own a number of young peoples residential
homes. These homes are inspected regularly by the Commission for Social
Care Inspections (CSCI). Each home will have a daily log of events as
well as books that record any incidents (absconding, violence etc).
Especially in the log books there may be details regarding three or four
young people on the same page. Up until now the full names of the
residents have been used. The CSCI inspectors are now saying that this
is breaching Data Protection and confidentiality. Instead some
inspectors are saying to use first names only whilst others are saying
use the initials of the residents.
I have a problem with this for future use. It is certainly feasible (and
has been the case) that we could have more than one person in a unit
with the same first name at the same time. What happens in 10m years
time when all the relevant young people and quite probably all the
members of staff have moved on and there is an investigation conducted
by the police, quite feasibly someone may be accused of doing something
that someone else did. The same situation could arise if we had a John
Wright and a James Warburton and their initials were used. Access to the
logbooks is controlled and only those members of staff responsible for
the young people are authorised.
My gut feeling is that the inspectors are worried that if a policeman
comes knocking the whole log book would be turned over. This is not the
case we only supply the relevant data required for their investigation
and will redact all other data relating to other individuals. By the
same token I would suggest that the name John who is in ******
residential home is also personal data (assuming he is the only John in
the unit at the time), as we hold other information that would identify
him.
Has anyone else come across this and does it make sense?
Thanks
Toby
Toby Davison
Archivist/Records Manager
The Together Trust
The Together Trust Centre
Schools hill
Cheadle
Cheshire SK8 1JE
0161 283 4815
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