ENGLAND
From January 2009, children's services professionals will be able to share information about children and young people on the new information-sharing database, ContactPoint.
When it launches, it will store basic information about young service users. Details will include name and address and whether or not the individual has been in contact with a service. Case details will not be held on the database.
A number of local authorities has already piloted elements of ContactPoint and have reported a reduction in the unproductive time spent by practitioners trying to find out which services are involved with a child or young person.
SCOTLAND
There is no single database or system for information sharing in Scotland but Scottish ministers and officials are working with partners in local government, the voluntary sector and health to overcome issues that prohibit information sharing.
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