Before undertaking homeworking staff should ensure that they have read and are familiar with the information governance policies. All equipment and information must be kept securely.

All necessary steps should be taken to ensure that private and confidential material is always kept secure.

All Trust information must not be accessed via public networks or in public spaces such as cafes and public transport (non-exhaustive list).

Printing from Trust IT systems is not enabled for staff working from home for data security reasons.

Material must not be saved to the hard drive of a personally owned computer.