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There are different types of consent. By using the health service it is understood that by agreeing to receive care, you have consented to the relevant and necessary data needed to receive care being shared\/used, such as a doctor sharing information about you to a nurse who needs this information to give you care. This is called implied consent, and the only time implied consent can be used as a basis for using and sharing your health data is when it comes to providing you healthcare services.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EIn order to share your identifiable data with anyone other than the healthcare professionals involved in your care, an organisation needs to get your explicit consent (with some exceptions). \u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThere are some exceptions to the duty of confidentiality. It can be breached if there is a legal obligation to share the information. As an example, health protection legislation requires healthcare professionals to notify the UK Health Security Agency of cases of certain infectious diseases. Confidential information can also be shared where a statutory body has agreed to set aside the common law duty. With health data, this is reviewed by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/understandingpatientdata.org.uk\/upd\/modal\/1120\u0022\u003EConfidentiality Advisory Group\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in England and Wales.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThere are circumstances where the holder of the information may share information in order to protect the public interest when the public good outweighs the duty of confidentiality. This is difficult to prove and is used only in exceptional circumstances, for instance reporting gunshot or knife wounds (except in cases of self-harm or an accident) as these indicate serious crime.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUnder the common law duty of confidentiality, your data remains confidential even after your death.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n      \u003Ch3 class=\u0022modal--field-link--title\u0022\u003EFurther reading\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cul class=\u0022modal--field-link--list\u0022\u003E\n  \u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/digital.nhs.uk\/data-and-information\/looking-after-information\/data-security-and-information-governance\/codes-of-practice-for-handling-information-in-health-and-care\/a-guide-to-confidentiality-in-health-and-social-care\/hscic-guide-to-confidentiality-references\/section-2\u0022\u003ENHS Digital\u2019s description of the common law duty of confidentiality\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n    ","dialogOptions":{"width":"70%","height":"auto","dialogClass":"highlight-modal-dialog","closeOnEscape":"true","closeText":"Close text","buttons":{"button1":{"text":"Close","id":"close-button","onclick":"jQuery(\u0027.ui-icon-closethick\u0027).click()"}},"modal":true,"title":"Common Law Duty of Confidentiality (UK-wide)","classes":{"ui-dialog":"highlight-modal-dialog"}}}]