Child protection

Child Protection Study Day

Event date: 
05 November 2012
Event Location: 
Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh

Programme

The programme includes presentations and updates on:

  • Imaging in Non-Accidental Injury cases
  • Opthalmic injury
  • Mental health of vulnerable children and young people
  • Child neglect

Programme  (PDF, 76KB, 2 pages)

Fee

RCPCH member - £75

New child protection guidance

The Department for Education has today (21 March) published Working Together to Safeguard Children 2013, which replaces the previous edition and acts as revised statutory guidance on safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

The single document is substantially shorter than previous editions and aims to cover the legislative requirements and expectations for all agencies and professionals.

Last published on 21 March 2013

Safeguarding Children and Young People (Named and Designated Doctor) Learning Resource

The project

The Safeguarding Children and Young People Intercollegiate Document level 4 and 5 project aims to develop and market a learning resource for paediatricians holding named and designated doctor for safeguarding posts.

The intention is to deliver materials through a blended learning approach using a variety of interactive techniques. A final decision on the delivery methods will be dependent on the final curriculum and learning outcomes to be addressed, which will be finalised following a detailed scoping and audit stage.

Last published on 27 March 2013

Legal Frameworks for Children and Young People

Event date: 
07 March 2013
Event Location: 
Coram Children's Legal Centre, Mecklenburgh Square, London

This course is aimed at all frontline professionals working with children and young people.

Event website: www.protectingchildren.org.uk/training/

Telephone: 0207 636 1245

Safeguarding Children: Level 3 training for anaesthetists

Event date: 
30 April 2013
Event Location: 
The Royal College of Anaesthetists, London

Contact Name: Natalie Bell

Telephone: 020 7092 1681

Email: nbell@rcoa.ac.uk

Event website link: www.rcoa.ac.uk/education-and-events/safeguarding-children-level-3-training-anaesthetists

GPs concerned over separated parents seeking children's medical records

A sharp rise in the number of calls from doctors concerned about requests for children’s medical details has been reported by the Medical Protection Society (MPS), a leading medical defence organisation.

Most of the calls come from fathers who are divorced or separated from their children’s mother and who do not have the children living with them permanently.

Last published on 4 January 2013

Children First: The Child Protection System in England

In response to today’s report from the Education Select Committee report; Children First: The Child Protection System in England, Dr Shade Alu, who gave oral evidence to the inquiry on behalf of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, and Dr Amanda Thomas, Child Protection Officer at the RCPCH, said:

Last published on 7 November 2012

Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor (SAS) Committee Members' Page

This page exists to provide Staff, Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctor (SAS) Committee members with access to papers for the next meeting of the RCPCH SAS Committee.

This page is in the secure section of the College website and is only accessible to members of the RCPCH SAS Committee. Members are asked to treat this page and all its contents as confidential at all times.

 

Last published on 16 May 2013

Plain packaging on cigarette packs

 

If plain packaging will prevent children and young people from the lure of cigarettes, surely it’s a no-brainer?

I vividly remember my year five classmate bringing in some cigarettes for her and her friends to smoke and hearing her say ‘these are the good cigarettes’. She was only 10-years-old so there is no way she would be able to tell through experience that they were ‘good cigarettes.’ I can only imagine it came from hearing other people talking about them or seeing people with this particular brand.

Last published on 23 October 2012
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