CPSIG stands for ‘Child Protection Special Interest Group’ and is a special interest group of both the British Association for Community Child Health (BACCH) and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH). It is supported by BACCH through the provision of administrative support.


CPSIG aims to be a forum which supports, informs and includes doctors and medical students with an interest in the field of child abuse and neglect. It does this in the following ways:

Supporting colleagues through

  • education and training events
  • being involved in the development of quality standards

Informing colleagues through

  • regular communication with both individual members and regional groups
  • developing and maintaining an informative website

Involving colleagues through

  • inviting and collating their contributions to national consultations and projects
  • including the regional representatives in the national executive committee 

Membership is open to doctors and medical students with an interest in the field of child abuse and neglect.