Health and Safety legislation applies to homeworking. There is a responsibility to the employer for carrying out a risk assessment to check whether the proposed home workplace's environment is suitable for the tasks the homeworker will be carrying out (i.e. Workstation Assessment). The employer is responsible for the equipment it supplies, but it is the employee's responsibility to rectify any flaws in the home highlighted by the assessment.

Even though it is not an optimal option, one can use their own devices for homeworking or to support video consulting and mobile messaging. If this decision is taken it is critical that reasonable steps are taken that the device is safe such as; using strong password or encrypted apps. Storing confidential information should be avoided unless it is absolutely necessary, appropriate security is required at this stage. It is important to take into consideration the physical security of the device, who has access to it and if data is automatically stored e.g. cloud back up. Messages do not negate the requirement of storing data on patients record.