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<p>No specific assessment has been made. Every child is assigned an National Health
Service number at birth or the first time they have contact with NHS services. The
NHS number acts as is a unique patient identifier and is used to share information
within electronic healthcare records. This contributes to improved health outcomes
for children, including looked after children and those with complex needs, disabilities
and long-term conditions, by ensuring that health professionals identify patients
correctly and have access to information to inform the delivery of appropriate care.</p><p>Through
the Health and Care Act 2022, the Government has committed to report on Government’s
policy on information sharing in relation to the safeguarding of children, including
looked after children and those at risk, by summer 2023. The report will include an
explanation of whether it is the Government’s policy that a consistent child identifier
should be used across agencies.</p>
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