1. If you work with young people you need to know about the information-sharing index. You might want to contact another practitioner about a young person you are concerned about. You might be contacted by a fellow worker and have to decide what, if any, information you want to share. You are also in a good position to help young people understand the index and think through what they feel about giving consent to agencies to share personal information.
2. The information-sharing index, sometimes called the children's index, will contain every young person's name, address, gender, date of birth, an identification number, name of parents or guardians, their school and their GP in England. It will also contain the contact details of anyone who is providing a specialist or targeted service to the young person.
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