Reading List

A curated Reading List to support and extend learning from Caldicott Principles of Data Handling for Dental Nurses.

Caldicott and Information Governance

• National Data Guardian / GOV.UK - The Caldicott Principles
  The official statement of the eight Caldicott principles for handling confidential information in health and social care.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-caldicott-principles

• NHS England Digital - Data Security and Protection Toolkit
  Details of the DSP Toolkit used by organisations to assess their data security and protection arrangements.
  https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-security-and-protection-toolkit

• NCSC - Small Organisations Guide to Cyber Security
  Practical guidance on passwords, phishing, software updates, backups and device security for smaller organisations.
  https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/small-business-guide

Dental Professional Standards

• GDC - Standards for the Dental Team
  Core professional standards covering patient trust, communication, confidentiality and working in a team.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/standards-for-the-dental-team

• GDC - Principle 4: Maintain and protect patients' information
  A focused GDC page on protecting patient information and its appropriate use.
  https://standards.gdc-uk.org/pages/principle4/principle4

• GDC - Scope of Practice
  Guidance on dental nurse duties, professional boundaries, record-keeping and communication within the team.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/standards-guidance/standards-and-guidance/scope-of-practice

• GDC - Safe Practitioner: Dental Nurse
  The GDC framework describing expected behaviours for dental nurses, including professionalism, communication, safety and information handling.
  https://www.gdc-uk.org/docs/default-source/about-us/safe-practitioner/safe-practitioner--dental-nurse.pdf?sfvrsn=bae145a5_4

UK GDPR and Confidential Information

• ICO - Guide to the data protection principles
  The ICO guide to the UK GDPR principles, including purpose limitation, data minimisation, accuracy, security and accountability.
  https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/data-protection-principles/a-guide-to-the-data-protection-principles/

• ICO - What is special category data?
  Explains why health information is treated as more sensitive under UK GDPR.
  https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/lawful-basis/special-category-data/what-is-special-category-data/

• ICO - Personal data breaches: a guide
  Guidance on recognising, assessing, recording and reporting personal data breaches.
  https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/report-a-breach/personal-data-breach/personal-data-breaches-a-guide/

• GOV.UK - The Data Protection Act
  An accessible overview of UK data protection law and individual rights.
  https://www.gov.uk/data-protection/the-data-protection-act