In a response to the government’s "listening exercise" on the Health and Social Care Bill, RCPCH claimed the legislation neglects to recognise the importance of integrated working between health, children’s social care, the police and other agencies.
It is also concerned that plans to introduce new local health and wellbeing strategies say little about safeguarding.
RCPCH argues that such strategies should "include core sections on child protection arrangements across organisations and pathways of services, with contributions from expert designated clinicians".
As part of the reforms, directors of public health are due to take on responsibility for tackling domestic violence by linking police, education and social care services together. But the RCPCH is unhappy that safeguarding is not part of their proposed brief.
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