Multi- Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) across the Black Country have reported that access to the One Health and Care shared care record has made it significantly faster and easier to make safeguarding decisions about vulnerable adults and children.  One Health and Care brings together separate records held by different local providers of health and social care – such as hospitals and GPs – in one secure, easy to read format.  Where concerns about significant harm to a child arise, Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASH) provide the ability to share information and make joint decisions about appropriate and proportionate interventions to maintain safety. They often need information from GPs, hospitals, social care, and other organisations and agencies, to make informed decisions about … Continue reading Shared care record helping Black Country make significantly faster safeguarding decisions about vulnerable adults and children.