Why Caldicott?
Somebody asked: ‘why is the person who’s supposed to guard patient confidentiality in a health and social care organisation called a Caldicott Guardian?’ Dame Fiona Caldicott’s name has been forever linked with a tribe of information bureaucrats, or at least linked until the next report or reorganisation. She chaired a committee that reported in 1997:
Department of Health (1997) Report on the Review of Patient-Identifiable Information. London: DH. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_4068403