The Care Quality Commission urged hospital staff, health visitors and GPs to improve information sharing, referrals and co-operation between agencies. Hospital staff, GPs and health visitors should co-operate more in order to identify and protect children at risk of abuse, a report says Anthony Devlin/Press AssociationThe majority of healthcare services are failing to identify and protect children at risk of exploitation and sexual abuse, according to a report by the care watchdog published today. It is the first national review of services that safeguard children… The report, titled Not Seen Not Heard, concluded that healthcare professionals needed to do more to identify and listen to children at risk of harm, although inspectors found that they had improved the way they assessed risk and recognise concerns.

Source: The Times July 08, 2016 00:11 UTC