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Access to data; interoperability issues

No interoperability between systems – even between systems from the same supplier.

Information is therefore kept in separate silos, with no reliable single view of the truth.

A recurring problem within the NHS; between the NHS and private healthcare; between prison staff and prison healthcare providers; and between health, local authority social care, and care providers.

PFD reports citing this issue

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Healthcare staff in prison setting (inc MH)

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MH team (community healthcare trust)

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

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Ambulance Service

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Police force(s)

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MH team (community healthcare trust)

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

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Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

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MH team (community healthcare trust)

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Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

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MH team (community healthcare trust)

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MH team (community healthcare trust)

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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MH unit (inc for people detained under MH Act)

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Prison - operational staff

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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Any other nationally commissioned/provided NHS service

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Healthcare staff in prison setting (inc MH)

sent to

Ambulance Service

sent to

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

sent to

Healthcare staff in prison setting (inc MH)

sent to

Prison - operational staff

sent to

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

sent to

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

sent to

MH team (community healthcare trust)

sent to

Any other locally commissioned/provided NHS service

sent to

Any other nationally commissioned/provided NHS service

sent to

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

sent to

MH team (community healthcare trust)

sent to

Hospitals and other NHS acute settings

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