And as the new chief executive at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) it will make up a large part of his new role.
Last year the college's president, Terence Stephenson, conceded there was scope for improving the way paediatricians communicate with other professionals over child protection work on the back of the Laming report.
Hanvey, whose previous job was as deputy chief executive of Barnardo's, agrees that communication between practitioners working with children is an area for action.
Both he and Stephenson met earlier this month with senior Metropolitan Police officers to discuss how joined-up working between the two professions can actually happen.
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