Launched on Tuesday, following a consultation that ended in September, the guidance is designed to strengthen and clarify the role of children's trusts.
Plans to extend the duty to co-operate with trusts to schools and representatives from the further education sector have been upheld.
But the Department for Children, Schools and Families has decided not to make GPs statutory members, despite the fact that proposals questioned how best to improve GP involvement.
John Coughlan, director of children's services at Hampshire County Council, described the guidance as "a honing up of what the trusts are for".
But he warned that engaging GPs in trust arrangements raises complex issues.
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