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Peter Ashe is an information consultant with NHS Scotland (National Services). He first published on ‘Recording, ethics and data protection’ in New Information Technology in Management and Practice (Horobin, G. and Montgomery, S. [eds], Kogan Page, 1986). As a member of the Association of Directors of Social Services Information Management Group (1983-2004) he contributed to most of the UK national initiatives in this area. He has worked locally on information sharing between health and social care since the early 1990s, leading the Scottish national eCare information sharing programme in its first, experimental, phase and being responsible for the early introduction of information sharing protocols between partner organisations. He began to. | PRIVATE and CONFIDENTIAL Handling personal information in social and health services Edited by Chris Clark and Janice McGhee PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL Handling personal information in the social and health services Edited by Chris Clark and Janice McGhee iH This edition published in Great Britain in 2008 by The Policy Press University of Bristol Fourth Floor Beacon House Queen s Road Bristol BS8 1QU UK tel 44 0 117 331 4054 fax 44 0 117 331 4093 e-mail tpp-info@ The Policy Press 2008 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested. ISBN 978 1 86134 905 7 paperback ISBN 978 1 86134 906 4 hardcover The right of Chris Clark and Janice McGhee to be identified as editors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the 1988 Copyright Designs and Patents Act. All rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior permission of The Policy Press. The statements and opinions contained within this publication are solely those of the editors and contributors and not of the University of Bristol or The Policy Press. The University of Bristol and The Policy Press disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any material published in this publication. The Policy Press works to counter discrimination on grounds of gender race disability age and sexuality. Cover design by Qube Design Bristol. Front cover image kindly supplied by Printed and bound in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd .