eCare is the name given to the Scottish Government's multi-agency information sharing framework which covers, amongst other aspects, consent, standards, security, procurement, organisational development and technical issues relating to the electronic sharing of personal data.
We work with partners across the public and voluntary sectors in Scotland to deliver eCare in a way which improves the quality of services for the people of Scotland.
At present, eCare can handle both electronic Single Shared Assessments (SSA) for community care users and Child Protection Messaging (CPM).
Work is underway to enable the use of eCare in support of Getting It Right For Every Child (GiRFEC) and the Early Years frameworks.
eCare Strategic Responsibilities
The strategic responsibilities of the eCare Programme are -
- To implement a framework which enables secure sharing of sensitive personal information;
- To make available to local partners the capability for CPM and SSA, and to allow local partners to use the infrastructure for similar agreed functions;
- To support policies on SSA, GiRFEC and Early Years, in line with commitments made to those policy areas;
- To explore the scope for wider use of eCare, as directed by the eCare Programme Board, for individuals who require multi-agency intervention.