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
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 0-18 years guidance for doctors
http://www.gmc-uk.org
Preventing Harm from Parents with Mental Health Needs
http://www.npsa.nhs.uk
When to suspect child maltreatment
http://guidance.nice.org.uk/
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:
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
Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and Competences for Health Care Staff Intercollegiate Document April 2006 (Currently under review)
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk
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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