Course Description

The fact that an individual may have a mental illness is undoubtedly very personal and sensitive information. It is particularly important that individuals have trust in their health care practitioners and that they are not deterred from seeking treatment because they fear that the confidentiality of their personal information may be shattered through unauthorised disclosure.

The Freedom of Information Acts and the Data Protection legislation are vitally important in this regard and this course attempts to give an understanding of how these pieces of legislation work. As with the other course we hope that the questions will prompt people to read the relevant texts more closely, so that they may have a clearer understanding of the issues involved and how they might be resolved at the end of this course.

Background Reading

The DataProtection.ie website.
The HSE Freedom of Information website.