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Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Friday, February 8, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to overhaul "confusing" information sharing and child protection guidance for health professionals, CYP Now has learned. ?

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Nine out of ten teachers, police officers and social workers are regularly coming into contact with children they suspect to be suffering from neglect, but up to 40 per cent feel powerless to intervene, a report has warned.

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals working with children and young people will receive specialist training to spot and help victims of child trafficking as part of a Home Office scheme.

Health service abuse database must be comprehensive, urges ADCS

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A new alert system to help doctors and nurses spot signs of child abuse must be closely monitored to ensure it is safe to use, the Association of Directors of Children's Services (ADCS) has warned.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

Health professionals must have '24-hour access to safeguarding advice'

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

NHS staff in emergency care settings should be able to access child protection advice from a paediatrician with safeguarding expertise 24 hours a day, according to a new set of standards on minimum care requirements for children and young people.

Health reforms jeopardise child protection, doctors warn

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The NHS reforms threaten to undermine health professionals' efforts to safeguard children, according to a survey of specialist child protection doctors.

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

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Friday, March 23, 2012

| CYP Now

Scope has complained to the Care Quality Commission after their inspectors delivered a damning report into standards at one of the charity's care homes for young disabled people.

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| CYP Now

Sweeping reform of the youth justice system is necessary to prevent hundreds of children being "needlessly" criminalised and sentenced to custody, according to a think-tank.

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

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Friday, November 11, 2011

| CYP Now

An assessment tool for young offenders that will forge closer links with health and children's services is set to be introduced to produce a fuller picture of the needs of children in the youth justice system.

Barrage of child protection cases dilutes health professionals' early intervention work

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| CYP Now

Health professionals are struggling to cope with the "vast increase" in the number of child protection cases being referred to them, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

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Thursday, July 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Health services provided by youth offending teams (YOTs) for children and young people are improving, a report has found.

Loss of anonymity for expert witnesses will undermine child protection

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Fewer health professionals will come forward as expert witnesses in child protection cases after losing their anonymity and immunity from being sued, the chief executive of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

GMC guidance urges doctors to act on child abuse concerns

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Doctors have a duty to protect children from abuse even when they are only treating related adults, according to draft guidance published by the General Medical Council (GMC).

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children's commissioner has recommended.

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| CYP Now

More children than previously thought died under youth offending team supervision in the community last year, it has emerged.

Child protection must be part of NHS reforms, warns review

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Government reforms to the NHS must not overlook child protection, an independent review into the changes has concluded.

Minister calls for hospital chief to resign over Baby P report

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Friday, June 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone is calling for an investigation into allegations that Great Ormond Street Hospital held back "vital information" surrounding its role in the Peter Connelly case.

Injured baby 'failed by health professionals'

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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

| CYP Now

Health professionals have been criticised for failing to effectively support a baby who was left with life-threatening injuries following an attack by his mother's partner.

Clegg admits mistakes over NHS overhaul

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Thursday, May 26, 2011

| CYP Now

The Deputy Prime Minister has admitted that government "didn't get all of the substance right" on its proposals to reform the NHS.

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Child protection guidance for health professionals set for reform

Professionals feel ‘powerless' when faced with neglect

Professionals to receive training to spot child trafficking

Health service abuse database must be comprehensive, urges ADCS

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

Health professionals must have '24-hour access to safeguarding advice'

Health reforms jeopardise child protection, doctors warn

Charity makes official complaint against damning CQC inspection

Youth justice reforms must go 'further and deeper'

Revised assessment to offer comprehensive picture of young offender needs

Barrage of child protection cases dilutes health professionals' early intervention work

Youth offending teams make progress on health services

Loss of anonymity for expert witnesses will undermine child protection

GMC guidance urges doctors to act on child abuse concerns

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

YJB reveals further young offender deaths in the community

Child protection must be part of NHS reforms, warns review

Minister calls for hospital chief to resign over Baby P report

Injured baby 'failed by health professionals'

Clegg admits mistakes over NHS overhaul

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