Looked after children
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NHS long term plan - Health & Justice, Armed Forces and SARCs
We have submitted evidence to NHS England on the populations of Health & Justice, Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) and Armed Forces in the long term plan for the NHS. In developing our response, we have consulted with our Child Protection Standing Committee and the NSPCC.
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Physical signs of child sexual abuse - educational resources
Our webinar series talks the viewer through the chapters of the 2015 publication.
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RCPCH Invited Review Service
We support healthcare organisations, commissioners and clinical teams to resolve concerns about paediatric service provision, safety, training, compliance with standards, and proposals for paediatric reconfiguration or service design. Our service is confidential, established and influential, and tai...
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Children and young people in secure settings
Around 10,000 children and young people a year in the UK come into contact with secure settings. They are some of the most vulnerable, often suffering poor physical and mental health. These standards help healthcare professionals, commissioners, service providers, regulators, managers and governors ...
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Looked after children (LAC)
This term typically denotes children cared for by Government, though exact definitions vary between the four nations. More than 93,000 children in the UK are in care, 70,000 in England. Most are taken into care over fears of abuse or neglect. They are vulnerable to health inequalities, and exhibit s...
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Safeguarding children and young people - roles and competences for healthcare staff
This is an intercollegiate competency framework for all groups, ranging from non-clinical staff to experts. It provides information on education and training, and role descriptions for named and designated professionals.
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Emoji card game
This game enables a young person to pick the cards that best represent how they are feeling, prompt them to discuss the topic and find out more information.
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Child protection
As child health professionals, child protection plays a role in everything we do. It is about protecting individual children identified as suffering, or likely to suffer, significant harm as a result of abuse or neglect.