Health professionals are well placed to identify families who need early help. They have an overview of issues affecting individual family members that may impact on a child's welfare. They are also in a position to co-ordinate the work of different agencies supporting children and families.
Reasons case reviews were commissioned
This briefing is based on case reviews published between 2013 and 2015 that have highlighted lessons for health professionals to improve safeguarding practice.
In these case reviews, children died or suffered serious harm in a number of different ways:
Key issues for the health sector in case reviews
Seeing the bigger picture
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