Information held on ContactPoint
ContactPoint will only contain the following basic information:
- name, address, gender and date of birth of all children in England (aged 0-17); and
- name and contact details for:
- parents or carers;
- educational setting (for example, school);
- primary medical practitioner (for example, GP practice);
- other services; and
- lead professional (if appointed).
There will also be the facility to indicate if practitioners have completed an assessment under the Common Assessment Framework.
Informed consent of the child or young person’s parent/carer will be needed to record contact details of sensitive services (defined as sexual/mental health and substance abuse). Access to this information will be restricted.
ContactPoint will not contain any detailed information (such as case notes, assessments, medical data or exam results).
How will it be updated?
Wherever possible, ContactPoint will be automatically updated from existing systems, so that practitioners will not need to enter the same information twice.
This page was last updated on 17 December 2008
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