RCPCH responds to new child protection guidance

In response to the launch of the GMC's new guidance on child protection, Amanda Thomas, Child Protection Officer for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said:

‘This guidance is timely, easy to read and navigate and provides a valuable framework for doctors, giving them the tools to act on their concerns.

'We’re pleased to see that it addresses all doctors – because whether they have a specific safeguarding role or not, every doctor has a responsibility to protect children.

'What's crucial now is that the guidance is embedded in practice and the partnership working it promotes across the healthcare profession becomes a reality.'

The new guidance, 'Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors', is aimed at supporting doctors who have to deal with a wide range of complex child protection issues.