Last year, a three-year-old child came into the accident and emergencydepartment of a district general hospital in West Yorkshire with a scaldon his upper right arm. Staff decided to use the recently launchedintegrated care pathway for safeguarding children to monitor his case asthey felt that the explanation given by his father did not match theinjury.
As a result, the child was admitted to the paediatric ward forobservation and, after further discussions with social services, itemerged that he was already on the child protection register. Five dayslater, the boy was transferred to a specialist burns unit for intensivetreatment of the scald.
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