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 these frameworks in a way which improves the quality of service for the people of Scotland.
The eCare Framework at present will handle both electronic single shared assessments for community care users and can also be used by Children's Services practitioners to share information related to Child Protection.
This should also be followed by the development of a multi-agency assessment for children being developed by the Getting It Right Team and will also be used within community care to support joint reporting for the Partnership and Improvement Group's Outcome Measures.
eCare strategic responsibilities
The strategic responsibilities of the eCare Programme are -
- To enable the implementation of a framework for the sharing of sensitive personal data securely;
- To make available to local partners the capability for Child Protection Messaging, SSA and to allow local partners to use the infrastructure for similar agree 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 the framework, as directed by the Board for individuals who require multi-agency intervention.