Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS) in NCRS

The Child Protection – Information Sharing (CP-IS) alert in NCRS indicates young people and children with ‘looked after’ status or a child protection plan.

In NCRS, the child protection alert can be seen in the ‘Overview’ tab as an amber banner which links to more information in the ‘Patient details’ tab.

These role-based access control (RBAC) codes can view CP-IS alerts:

• B0107
• B0170

If you have RBAC code B0107 and view a CP-IS alert, an Access to Service Notification (ASN) will be sent to the local authority that is responsible for the child protection plan. The ASN will inform the local authority that you have viewed the record and which organisation you are registered to. Your details will also automatically be added to the table of previous views.

If you have RBAC code B0170, an ASN will not be sent to the local authority when you view the CP-IS alert.

A child protection alert in NCRS shows:

• whether the child is looked after or has a child protection plan
• the start date
• the end date
• the responsible local authority
• emergency and office phone numbers
• the last 25 views of the alert that were in emergency or unplanned care settings

If there is a child protection plan for an unborn child, the alert will be shown on the mother’s record until 28 days after her expected delivery date. When the child is born, they will have their own NHS number and the child protection alert will appear on the child’s record in NCRS.