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In April, 2010, in his keynote address, the Deputy Office of the Information Commissioner David Smith stated that:
"More serious data breaches have taken place within the NHS than any other UK organisation since the end of 2007. A total of 287 breaches were reported, accounting for more than 30% of the total number."
Effective Information Governance is required to manage risks to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information used by Public Sector organisations.
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Results of our 2010/11 Information Governance staff survey benchmarking exercise can be found below:
Our Information governance experts have worked closely with the Audit Commission and Connecting for Health to advise and develop an audit approach to assuring information governance. We can help you understand and implement this approach. |
| We firmly believe that information governance forms one element of good corporate governance, needing visibility at board level to ensure that management of Information Management and Technology risk is assured. Our approach reflects this need. |
'SCA did a very important piece of work which has helped the Trust cut out shortcomings in its own IT service and implement more robust governance arrangements.'
Kent and Medway Partnership Trust
'I would like to take this opportunity to thank you your commitment and hard work in the completion of these reports within agreed timescales and to the agreed specification. As in previous years your observations have been well received by the client and have generated some key management actions to mitigate identified risks and control weaknesses. Your technical expertise has added credibility to our audit reviews in such a specialised area.'
Southampton City Council |
