The Toolkit is design to record decisions at different levels: strategic to operational; hence a variety of people with different knowledge and decision making power must participate at different points in time. Someone should take the lead on coordinating the involvement of the relevant people, e.g. if it is part of a new project, it […]

Do the parties have to consider the potential impact of re-negotiation of existing arrangements and whether that is likely in their partnership arrangements? Re-negotiation of existent information sharing arrangements is only required in the same degree that it would be with SASPI or Gold Standard. If existent arrangements are no longer applicable and need to be […]

Does this include considerations and inclusion of the third sector and blue light services to avoid further work with Councils in terms of negotiation of separate arrangements for these services? One of the key cornerstones of the IS Toolkit is efficiency. The Toolkit is developed for adoption when information happens between a Scottish public sector organisation and […]

The Toolkit is an evolution from the experience gathered using SASPI and Gold Standard;. The review has collected experiences and advice from experts across Local Authorities, Central Government, Health Care and Police; a road tested set of expert advice. Some resources have been in used for a number of years; any reviews are always produced by experts from […]

There is not such a thing as a final release for the Toolkit; it is a live set resources to enable safe and compliant information sharing across organisations. New guidelines and updates will be continually offered as required. Resources will be available via this site.  

The Scottish IS Toolkit is an update of SASPI which was developed in 2011 and due for review since 2015. The Toolkit incorporates an enhances information sharing arrangement across the public sector, including confidential information beyond personal information. But also represents an improvement in terms of good practices along the negotiation process that represents the […]

Does the launch of a set of templates, guidance and associated documentation – called the Information Sharing Tool-kit – mean that we have to set aside all the current completed agreements, protocols, accords etc? Negotiating information sharing can be difficult and time-consuming, and the last thing that The Scottish Government wants to do is undermine […]

Is there a central team that creates an overall accord and does some basic assurance on the organisations that which to share information? The tool-kit has been designed so that there is no overall national accord. It is not possible for The Scottish Government, or other central team, to assure organisations at a basic level […]