Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)

This is a dedicated page for local items relating to the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB). NHS Devon Contact: Dr Charles Holme Consultant Paediatrician, Designated Doctor Child Protection, NHS Devon charles.holme@nhs.net

Local Items:

NHS Devon: Safeguarding children training for GPs and their employed staff   - 22 Jan
Dr Kate Gurney -  Extract from February 2010 Devon LMC Newsletter
Devon LMC: NHS Devon Safeguarding Children Lead and GP Coleridge Medical Centre

• DSCB Assessment Triangle (NHS Salford)
• DSCB Report - Results of Audit of Arrangements in GP to Safeguard Children - v4

Safeguarding Children Issues – extract from December LMC Newsletter  - 1 Dec 09
Peninsula Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) - Child Death Review
Recording Domestic Violence in Notes

Death of a 12 year old child from Diabetic Ketoacidosis- 30 Oct '09
“I’d be very grateful if GPs in Devon could read this brief case report and consider the implications for practice. The SW Strategic Health Authority is keen for all doctors who have responsibility for children and families to be familiar with the recommendations arising from the Safeguarding Board report”. Dr Charles Holme.

BMA - Guidance for medical practitioners undertaking work under the collaborative arrangements (including family planning and sessional work) - posted October 2009

Child Protection: Maintaining Your Skills – 23 November 2009

• Child Protection letter from Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman, General Practitioners Committee Professor and Steve Field, Chairman of Council, Royal College of General Practitioners

Devon version of the RCGP, NSPCC toolkit: Safeguarding Children and Young People in General Practice - Updated for Devon Practices - 5 October 2009

• A Model Protocol and  Policy Toolkit
• A Self Assessment Toolkit
• A Reference Guide
• Devon Safeguarding Children Board's 'Golden Rules' flyer (this is a nice succinct aide memoir)

Older items:

• Devon PCT - Information Sharing for GPs in Child Protection - June 2009 - Web page and PDF Version
• Bruises and Birth Marks in Young Infants – April 2009 - Dr Charles Holme, Designated Doctor Child Protection, Devon PCT
• Update on Devon LSCB – November 2008

Every Child Matters
Main site : www.everychildmatters.gov.uk

Guidance Documentation…

Site :   www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/resources-and-practice/IG00182/

• What to do if you're Worried a Child is Being Abused - Summary.pdf (177.67 Kb)
• What to do if you're Worried a Child is Being Abused - Full Document.pdf (439.46 Kb)

This document provides best practice guidance for those who work with children in order to safeguard their welfare. It also contains an appendix to help practitioners with the legal issues affecting the sharing of information.
The guidance also provides general information for anyone whose work brings them into contact with children and families, focusing particularly on those who work in social care, health, education and criminal justice services.

Addressing issues affecting each of these target audiences, the document outlines the following:

• What you should do if you have concerns about a child's welfare
• What will happen once you have informed someone about those concerns
• What further contribution you may be asked or expected to make to the processes of assessment, planning, working with children, and reviewing that work

The guidance is accompanied with flowcharts following the procedure from referral, initial assessment, emergency action that might need to be taken, through to what happens after a strategy discussion and child protection review conference.