Child Safeguarding Update Dr David W Jones Named

Transcript:Child Safeguarding Update Dr David W Jones Named:
Child Safeguarding Update Dr David W Jones Named GP for Child Safeguarding Newcastle CCGs Note of Caution This subject may raise painful memories or associations This is not a safe time to share personal memories If required, seek advice from a professional outside of this meeting, or contact the NSPCC helpline 0808 800 5000 Subjects to be covered Child safeguarding – a brief bit of background Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Child Death Review CQC inspection RCGP Child Safeguarding Toolkit and some ‘don’t forgets’! What is child protection? Child protection: the activity taken to protect children who are suffering or at risk of suffering significant harm s47 Childrens Act 4 categories of abuse (from which children need protection): Physical (8%) Sexual (4%) Emotional (45%) Neglect (41%)* If it makes you feel uncomfortable or uncertain - SHARE THE CONCERN *Newcastle LSCB 2014 What is safeguarding? Child safeguarding: Arrangements to take all reasonable measures to ensure that risks of harm to children’s welfare are minimised. There are 2 main components; protecting children from maltreatment preventing impairment of children’s health or development, including; ensuring that children are growing up in circumstances that are consistent with the provision of safe and effective care undertaking that role so as to enable those children to have optimum life chances and to enter adulthood successfully Who needs safeguarding? We want to help children move out to the edge 29,000 child subject to child protection plans 235,000 children in need* 4 million vulnerable children 11 million children *s17 Children’s Act 2004 :They are unlikely to achieve or maintain or to have the opportunity of achieving or maintaining, a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him/her of services by a local authority. The child health and safeguarding vortex What makes a child vulnerable? Poverty Stress within the family Relationship problems Mental Illness Learning difficulties Poor or absent parenting experience Domestic Violence Parental Substance Misuse Housing issues Physical illness On average at least 1 child a week is killed by someone known to them The better we safeguard the many, The better we protect the few Why GPs are well-placed to safeguard children GPs are the first point of contact for most health needs in children (and can examine) GPs might be one of only a couple of professionals seeing a pre-school child More generally, GPs know the family – ‘the family doctor’