SHARE: consent, confidentiality and information sharing in mental healthcare and suicide prevention

Department of Health and Social Care -The SHARE resource has been developed by the Zero Suicide Alliance. It is designed to support health and social care staff on: how to use the Department of Health and Social Care ’s (DHSC) consensus statement for information sharing and suicide prevention; and how to engage with patients when discussing confidentiality and consent to share information. The DHSC consensus statement sets out how and when clinicians should share information about patients, within the legal fr amework, where this may help prevent suicide.GuidanceDepartment of Health consensus statementDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - Category: UK Health Authors: Tags: Mental health Source Type: blogs