Information for external employees regarding professional secrecy
The Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act (Offentlighets- och sekretesslagen) (2009:400) contains provisions on secrecy and professional secrecy for Region Värmland and persons employed by the region. Within the scope of the duties and organisation of Region Värmland, the information that is most commonly under secrecy is information regarding patients – for example whether a person is a patient within the region, or any information regarding their health status. There are also other kinds of information that can be protected by secrecy, such as certain information regarding employees of the region, security and surveillance information and information about the personal or financial circumstances of natural or legal persons.
In certain cases, Region Värmland may come to define more specifically what the professional secrecy entails.
Through binding contract, your employer has agreed to not disclose information protected by secrecy at Region Värmland and has entered into agreements of professional secrecy with their employees.
The duty to maintain professional secrecy does not end when your employment with Region Värmland ends. It carries on indefinitely, regarding information that you have become privy to through your employment.
