The DH IG Policy team is currently carrying out development and testing work on version 10 of the Toolkit, for which the scheduled release date is end May 2012. Version 10 will contain two organisational views for ‘Any Qualified Providers’ (AQPs) - one for AQPs providing clinical assessments and the other view for those not doing so (the latter view is relevant to those AQPs that are providing services, wheelchair or appliance based on another service’s clinical assessment).

This briefing note informs AQPs about Information Governance and the role of the Toolkit; and provides guidance on the steps that AQPs should take to enable registration against the appropriate version 10 AQP view.