Caldicott Guardian

The Caldicott Guardian for WAHT is Dr Peter Collins. His contact details are as follows:

Caldicott Guardian

Weston General Hospital

Grange Road

Uphill

Weston super Mare

BS23 4TQ.

Tel:  01934 636363

The Data Protection Officer for WAHT is Gillian Hoskins. Her contact details are as follows:

Data Protection Officer
Weston General Hospital

Grange Road

Uphill

Weston super Mare

BS23 4TQ

Tel:  01934 636363

To inform her of your research project you should write to her at the above address and include in your letter:

• the title of the project
• details of what information you intend to collect
• what method you will be using (e.g. review of medical records, interviewing subjects etc)
• a description of the arrangements you have made to keep the data secure, including at what point and how you will anonymise the data or justification if you are not.

If you are using information sheets and consent forms approved by the Research Ethics Committee it is a good idea to include these to assess whether what you intend to do is covered by these documents.

For further information on the Data Protection and the Caldicott Principles see:

• Essential Information for Researchers - Data Protection
• Data Protection in Healthcare Research.