Working with information from many different sources is at the heart of the work of the LHO. For this reason, it takes Information Management very seriously. The LHO needs to ensure that the way it works with information is always compliant with legal directives and other guidelines such as those stipulated by National Statistics or the NHS. For example, any work carried out on data that contains personal identifiers must comply with the Data Protection Act.

As a result, the LHO has produced documents which list Information Management Principles that the organisation adheres to when working with any information. In addition, it lists specific legal and other guidelines that affect the way the organisation works with specific data sets. This has been informed by the NHS guidelines also listed below.

In addition, under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, all public authorities have a legal duty to adopt and maintain a publication scheme, which is a guide to all information routinely published by that authority. The London Health Observatory is not a public authority in its own right. Formerly hosted by NHS London, the LHO joined Commissioning Support for London (CSL) in April 2009.

Date	Title	Format	View
31 Jan 2006	Data Protection Act
31 Jan 2006	Freedom of Information Act 2000
31 Jan 2006	Health and Social Care Act 2001
20 May 2005	Data Sources - Lifestyle factors of particular interest
20 May 2005	Information on Acquiring New Tools for Analysis and Presentation
20 May 2005	Information on Acquiring Other New Data
3 May 2005	Confidentiality - NHS Code of Practice
3 May 2005	Information and Data Management - Legal Obligations for the LHO
3 May 2005	LHO Information and Data Management Strategy
3 May 2005	North Central London Strategic Health Authority Publication Scheme October 2003

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