Patient and Staff Privacy and Confidentiality

A reminder to all staff that staff privacy is just as important and patient privacy.  This is regardless of whether the staff member is having a test at WIG or not.  This includes information regarding a staff member’s address, date of birth, phone number etc. 

Sharing of this information without specific consent from the particular staff member is a breach of privacy.  Discussions surrounding where someone lives or their personal circumstances is not only inappropriate but a breach of WIG code of conduct. 

Please be conscious that we work in very small confined areas and voices carry, therefore whenever needing to discuss a patient’s details, or if there is a professional need to discuss a staff member’s details, this is to be done respectfully, and discretely - otherwise please refrain from having these discussions because if it’s not being discussed from a patient care perspective it shouldn’t be discussed at all.