Child safeguarding toolkit
This toolkit provides busy practitioners with an easily navigable resource to ensure excellence in safeguarding practice in Primary Care.
We are awaiting a review before updating this resource. Please use with caution.
Statutory guidance and legislation
All UK nations
- GMC (General Medical Council), Protecting Children and Young People- Responsibilities of all doctors, 2013
- GMC (General Medical Council), Confidentiality: good practice in handling patient information, 2017, updated May 2018
- GMC (General Medical Council). Good Medical Practice, 2013
- Intercollegiate Document: Safeguarding Children: Roles and Competencies for Healthcare Staff
- Department for Education. Information sharing: Guidance for Practitioners and Managers. London: DCSF and Communities and Local Government, 2018
- NICE: Child maltreatment: when to suspect maltreatment in under 18s (2017)
- RCN and RCPCH. Looked after children: Knowledge, skills and competencies of health care staff, Intercollegiate Role Framework, 2015
- General Data Protection Regulation, 2018
- NHS Safeguarding App