The NSPCC said the planned information-sharing index, which only coversEngland, needs to be widened. Speaking in response to a new consultationon the index, NSPCC chief executive Mary Marsh said: "The informationheld would be only partial and potentially worse than useless."
The charity was also concerned that database maintenance could bedifficult and time consuming.
The consultation, which closes on 31 January 2007, recommended thatdetails about sexual and mental health or drug services a child wasreceiving should not be viewable on the database. Children receivingthem would be flagged as getting "sensitive services" and professionalswould have to make a case to the index's managers before being givenfurther details about the services.
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