Social care managers accuse GPs of not taking child protection seriously.
You can never get them to attend case conferences or to play a proper role in area child protection committees, it is said. Criticism has also been levelled at primary care trusts for not committing resources to children's centres and extended schools. The impression given is that health professionals are off doing their own thing, accountable only to themselves and the health targets set by the Government, few of which have anything specifically to do with children.
Such a view may now become harder to sustain, however. With the publication of the National Service Framework (NSF) for children last week, doctors and managers in the health service have a specific document setting out standards to be achieved in relation to children and young people.
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