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A Unique Child: information sharing - Pulling together

A Unique Child Inclusion
Best practice in information sharing and the barriers to it are highlighted in new reports by the Task and Finish group

Effective information sharing lies at the heart of best practice, and as the numbers of children with special educational needs continues to grow, safeguarding remains an issue and we edge towards the introduction of a unified Progress Check at Two, the importance of data sharing will need to be recognised and addressed by settings across the sector.

Sue Robb, head of early years at 4Children and a member of the task and finish group on information sharing, explains, ‘It is absolutely vital that as much as possible is done to enable robust information sharing between health and early years to support the needs of children and their families.’

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