Policy & Guidelines

Consultations

GMC consultation on draft child protection guidance The GMC have opened a consultation on their revised child protection guidance. The document is entitled Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors and covers issues such as communication, confidentiality, information sharing, consent, working together and training and development. The GMC would like views on the clarity of the guidance, whether it addresses the right issues, and whether it provides practical and helpful advice. There are three separate questionnaires available to complete – please choose the one that best suits you.

  • The main questionnaire asks questions about the text of the draft guidance. This is suitable for anyone who has read the draft guidance and wishes to respond.
  • A second, shorter questionnaire may be responded to without reading the draft guidance. This version has been designed for individual doctors and other professionals.
  • The third, shorter questionnaire can also be completed without having read the draft guidance. This version is most suitable for the general public.

You can read the draft guidance and questionnaires and take part in the consultation online at www.gmc-uk.org/childprotection. The consultation will run until Friday 14 October 2011.

Local Guidelines
Click here to download local guidelines on child protection. If you have any local guidelines you would like to share with CPSIG members, please contact cpsig@rcpch.ac.uk.

National Guidelines
Every Child Matters Safeguarding Children from Abuse Linked to a Belief in Spirit Possession
National Public Health Service for Wales Peer review for doctors who safeguard children
Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health (all external links)
Guidance for best practice for the management of intimate images that may become evidence in court (2010)
Child Protection Clinical Network: Protecting Children, Supporting Paediatricians (2010) 
Significant Harm Intercollegiate policy statement (2009)
Fabricated and Induced Illness: a practical guide for paediatricians (2009)
Guidance for best practice for the management of intimate images that may become evidence in court (2009)
Understanding Parent's Information Needs and Experiences Where Professional Concerns Regarding Non-accidental Injury Were Not Substantiated (2009)
Hypernatraemia: an evidence-based guideline (2009)
The Physical Signs of Child Sexual Abuse. An evidence-based review and guidance for best practice (2009)
Guidelines on Paediatric Forensic Examination in Relation to Possible Child Sexual Abuse (2008)
Standards for Radiological Investigations of Suspected Non-accidental Injury(2008)
Child Protection Reader(2007)
Child Protection Companion (2006)
Department of Health Safeguarding Children in Whom Illness is Fabricated or Induced (2002)
What To Do If You're Worried A Child Is Being Abused (2003)
Working Together to Safeguard Children: A Guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (1999)
Foreign & Commonwealth Office Female genital mutilation: multi-agency practice guidelines