Responding to a consultation on draft guidance for ContactPoint, theassociation's committee chair, Richard Stiff, said the majority of workon the database, previously known as the information sharing index,could fall to local authorities, which is an "unrealistic expectationwithout additional resourcing".
Meanwhile, Government plans for a second national database have receiveda mixed reaction.
Junior children's minister Kevin Brennan announced the implementation ofthe Electronic Common Assessment Framework (eCAF) by ministerialstatement two days before the Parliamentary recess.
The system would be a national IT database holding common assessmentframework information, such as basic details of a child being assessed,practitioners working with the child, the family structure and name ofthe child's lead professional.
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