The Committee received a report (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) which provided an update on Information Governance activity and performance during 2024/25, highlighted any issues encountered and actions to be undertaken to improve performance.
The Information Governance Manager set out the report, noting that the report represented the final piece of a two-year review to bring the entire policy base up to date.
In response to questions from the Committee, the Information Governance Manager advised that the term “Exceeded Reasonable Limits” was specified within the legislation as a matter that required over 18 hours of work to collage the necessary information. He and his team had been trying to pick up those target areas where there were breaches by a specific service, and why these might have occurred; either because of resources, if training was not there or if any additional pressures may have contributed. Specific targeted training had been given to some services, and the Information Governance team had been increasing knowledge base with removing auto-complete off email addresses, which had caused some of the instances.
Futhermore, the Chief Executive commented that the profile had been raised around self-referral in the organisation. Manager’s had been talking about data breaches and learning opportunities, encouraging officers to self-report than be fearful.
Whereupon, it was
RESOLVED
that the Committee noted the contents of the report.