Information Governance – Level 1 – Online CPD Course

Who is the online IG course for?

This information governance e-learning course should be completed by those who work in health and social care services including:

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Allied Healthcare Workers
• Healthcare Assistants
• Social Care Support Workers
• Voluntary Staff working in the NHS

Our online IG training courses should be completed by all healthcare and social care staff. This includes voluntary staff and unpaid work in NHS and private hospitals. Locum doctors, locum allied health professionals, agency nurses and healthcare assistants can also complete these e-learning courses.

These handling of information training courses are also relevant for health and social care support workers, including those who work for nursing care homes, residential care homes and charities.

What is information governance in healthcare?

Information governance helps manage and control information by supporting the organisation’s activities and ensuring compliance with its duties. Patients and service users entrust their personal information to healthcare organisations, creating distinct requirements for confidentiality, privacy, and security.

IG is the way in which the NHS and other health and social care providers handle all of its information, in particular the personal and sensitive information relating to patients and employees.

What is the purpose of information governance?

The purpose of the assessment is to enable organisations to measure their compliance with the law and central guidance and to see whether the information is handled correctly and protected from unauthorised access, loss, damage and destruction.

Information governance describes the holistic approach to managing information by implementing processes, roles and metrics to transform information into a business asset. The purpose of the IG framework is to formally establish an organisation’s approach to the handling and management of information.

What are the Skills for Health’s UK “Core Skills Training Framework” (CSTF)?

There is increasing recognition that there are wide variations in the quality and consistency of healthcare training provided across the UK. To minimise these challenges, Octrac Consulting works with various UK health and social care organisations to develop statutory and mandatory training courses in line with Skills for Health’s UK Core Skills Training Framework (CSTF). This includes mandatory training courses and other awareness courses for health and social care workers.

This online management of information course was developed in line with the CSTF learning outcomes.

Why choose our accredited e-learning courses?

The benefits of using our accredited e-learning courses in the workplace include:

• National Skills Academy for Health national delivery partner
• The UK accredited e-learning provider
• An approved UK training centre
• Ofqual accredited qualifications
• Nationally recognised CPD certificates
• Free blended learning environment to support existing training
• Access your online training immediately
• The highly interactive e-learning portal
• Substantial cost reductions (no travel fees & other expenses)
• Embrace the benefits of eLearning for healthcare providers
• Significant man hour reductions
• Online training only takes as long as the learner’s needs
• Low carbon footprint through e-learning
• Over 200 online CPD courses
• Repository of online learning materials and assessment
• Fully qualified and experienced trainers, instructors and assessors
• Subject matter experts and content developers
• Convert your existing classroom courses to e-learning courses
• All training courses are based on the latest guidance and best practice