RCGP Safeguarding toolkit
The aim of this toolkit is to enhance the safeguarding knowledge and skills that GPs already have to enable them to continue to effectively safeguard children and young people, as well as adults at risk of harm.
Part 5: Information Sharing and multiagency working
Information sharing and the law
There are a number of laws and principles that govern information sharing across the four UK nations which include the common law, data protection law (UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)), human rights legislation, and mental capacity legislation. As health and social care laws are devolved to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, practitioners should consider how legislation impacts them in relation to their relevant part of the UK.