Information sharing

To ensure we provide the best possible services and our aim of improving the well being of the population of Leeds, NHS Leeds works closely with partners accross the city.

This can mean that personal information of patients can be shared between the appropriate agencies in order to provide co-ordinated care programmes for patients.

To share personal information,  staff must be certain that conditions from legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 are met and that the duty of confidence of patient information is kept.  This will ensure that information can be shared legally.

These conditions for sharing are set out in the Leeds Interagency Protocol for Sharing Information.  This document acts as a guide for staff to follow when working with partner agencies. A number of agencies have signed up to the protocol, they are:

• NHS Leeds
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
• Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust
• Leeds City Council
• Education Leeds
• West Yorkshire Police

The  protocol and its appendices can be accessed in the related downloads section at the bottom of this page.

To find out more information on how we work with our partner organisations, please go  to:

• How we work with our partners

Related downloads

| The Protocol.pdf (1.11 MB)

| Operational Procedures.pdf (1.38 MB)

| Staff guidance.pdf (1.41 MB)

| Protocol Appendices.pdf (1.80 MB)