The Trust's policies relate to its operation, staff, facilities, health and safety, risk management and services provided to patients
The Trust provides a wide range of policies to support staff in their everyday lives which set out the necessary guidance for decision making and the associated processes.
At NCIC, everyone is equal. We recognise the need to tackle discrimination and promote equality. We do everything we can to ensure all our policies:
Please note that the information in italics in the policy template is for author guidance only and should be removed once you have completed the information.
If you're unsure of the process to follow within any policy, speak to your line manager before contacting the policy author or accountable director.
If you are unsure of the arrangements for managing policies, email the policy help desk on policyhelpdesk@ncic.nhs.uk
If you require written communication e.g. appointment letters, clinic outcome letters, including any of our publications, to be translated into another language or format, such as Braille, large print or audio, contact:
The aim of this policy is to detail the datasets which the Trust must capture in order to monitor A&E performance through NHS (NHSI) monthly data returns, including the national Constitutional standard and the role of Symphony in assisting with this process.
This policy promotes good practice and uniformity of information during the clinical coding process at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and supports our statutory duties as sett in the NHS Constitution.
This policy will ensure that all information used by the organisation is compliant with relevant General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection legislation, including information systems (i.e. information assets).
The purpose of this policy is to outline / define the steps that the Trust will take to ensure that it has procedures in place for the collection and recording of accurate, complete patient related information and establish the requirements for training of staff in good data collection.
This policy provides the policy requirements indicating how these extended rights will be managed across the board including those organisations that have a contract with the Trust for information Governance (IG) services.
The Health Records Policy describes the process for managing the risks associated with clinical records in all media, including the responsibilities of individual staff groups, the process for creating, retrieving and tracking records the retention and disposal of records and the process for monitoring the effectiveness of the policy.
This document defines the overarching Information Security Policy of the Trust. It provides the foundation for thematic and supportive Information Security Policies covering different aspects of information and cyber security.
This policy outlines arrangements required to successfully implement and maintain Information Governance standards and relationships with other areas. It also enables the Trust to ensure that all confidential information is dealt with legally, securely, efficiently and effectively, in order to deliver the best possible care to our patients.
This policy is for identifying the actions required to be taken, and the accountability and responsibility arrangements, for information risk identification and management.
This policy covers the issues of confidentiality and security relating to the transfer, disclosure / sharing of information. It is essential that transfers meet legal and ethical standards demanded.
This policy provides direction on the use and care of mobile and hand held computing devices used throughout North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC).
This policy covers the issues of confidentiality and security relating to the transfer, disclosure / sharing of information. It is essential that transfers meet legal and ethical standards demanded.
This print policy applies to all staff employed by the Trust including contractors, volunteers and temporary staff who require print, scan, or photocopy functions whilst working on Trust sites.
The purpose of this document is to provide a Governance Framework for use during the procurement of Systems and Services that manage personal information.
