Dr Sheila Shribman, national clinical director for children, young people and maternity, was asked by Health Secretary Alan Johnson to carry out the work following the publishing of the Laming review earlier this month.
The review highlighted the need for GPs, community nurses and paediatricians to be helped to develop a wider range of skills and become confident in the area of child protection work.
Shribman said a "scoping" exercise is currently taking place to decide the remit of her work but revealed her overriding aim is to ensure training in all areas is as good as it can be.
"This is a stocktake of what there is, where there are gaps and what needs to be done," she said. "I believe it to be the case that there is a lot of training going on out there.
"The question really for me is what is the quality and where are the gaps? We are not saying things are bad now, just that we need to make it as good as it possibly can be."
Shribman said a clear timeframe is yet to be drawn up although she expects to complete the work this year.
She added she is already sensing a clear appetite for improvement within the health service.
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