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Health links for safeguarding for KSCB procedures


Child Protection and the Dental Team website
(funded by the Department of Health

This acts as a training resource, a fast response tool and a clinical governance resource

 

Child Protection and the Dental Team

 

http://www.cpdt.org.uk


DOCET

Improving eye health and eye care through the provision of high quality Continuing Education and Training for all UK registered optometrists.

 

www.docet.info


General Medical Council guidance

General Medical Council 0-18 years guidance for doctors

 

http://www.gmc-uk.org


Links to National Patient Safety Agency

Preventing Harm from Parents with Mental Health Needs

 

http://www.npsa.nhs.uk


National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

When to suspect child maltreatment

 

http://guidance.nice.org.uk/


Royal College of General Practitioners Guidance

GP Practices may find the Safeguarding Children and Young People toolkit particularly helpful.  This has been written as collaboration between the Royal College of General Practitioners and the NSPCC.  The toolkit contains:

 

  • A practice template for a safeguarding children procedure

  • Legislation guidance

 

The toolkit is available on the Royal College of General Practitioners website

 

Please note the practice template contains information on Contact Point.  ContactPoint is currently unavailable and is under national review. 

 

The Working Together To Safeguard Children Document was updated in March 2010


Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Safeguarding Children and Young People:  Roles and Competences for Health Care Staff Intercollegiate Document April 2006 (Currently under review)

 

http://www.rcpch.ac.uk


Welsh Child Protection Systematic Review Group

Systematic reviews of: bruising, fractures, bites, oral injuries, burns, neurological injuries, spinal injuries.  These form the basis of the NSPCC core info

 

http://www.core-info.cardiff.ac.uk/


 

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