Suzanne Smith, chair of the National Safeguarding Children Associationfor Nurses, said guidance including Safeguarding Children hadrecommended that each primary care trust have a named doctor and a namednurse.
But under plans to merge primary care trusts, the number of namedprofessionals could drop, despite the volume of work remainingunchanged, she said.
- See Analysis, p12.
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