Health professionals involved in perinatal care, such as GPs, midwives, health visitors, paediatricians and obstetricians are best placed to identify families who need early help to prevent situations deteriorating to the extent that the baby or young child is at significant risk of abuse or neglect.
Reasons case reviews were commissioned
This briefing summarises the learning from case review reports published between 2011 and August 2015.
In these case reviews, children died or suffered serious harm in a number of different ways:
Key issues in case reviews
Identifying and responding to concealed or denied pregnancy
Case reviews highlighted health professionals failing to recognise the significance of concealed or denied pregnancy and respond appropriately.
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