We are also developing further specific guidance, such as information sharing protocols, and are looking at the feasibility of running a short training programme targeted at key public sector staff with an interest in data sharing.We have also encouraged, throughthe Modernising Government Fund, data sharing programmes such as eCare, which isdeveloping inter-agency systems to improve patient care and which, in its nextphase, will focus on children’s services across all local authorities and NHSboards.The Executive is takingforward, with the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland,the recommendations in the Bichard report relating to the sharing andmanagement of police information, and as part of that will examine thepossibilities for sharing such information with police forces in other parts of the UK.