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No. I am reminded of the many coroner's inquest reports I've read where agencies refused to share information with each other because they misunderstood laws a
by DanBC 7y ago
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I am reminded of the many coroner's inquest reports I've read where agencies refused to share information with each other because they misunderstood laws about privacy, and then someone dies a self-inflicted death.
Very often the families of those who died had been telling agencies, for some time, that they were concerned about their loved-one, but were being ignored by those agencies.
This is why national strategy in England includes consensus statements on information sharing. These consensus statements lay out the law (which hasn't changed; there's still a legal duty to maintain confidentiality), and when it is or isn't ok to share information and who can do that.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/271792/Consensus_statement_on_information_sharing.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...