Require consultant or paediatrician permission for discharging children with protection concerns.
Laming Inquiry · Laming Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 28 January 2003
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Hospital trust chief executives must introduce systems to ensure that no child about whom there are child protection concerns is discharged from hospital without the permission of either the consultant in charge of the child’s care or of a paediatrician above the grade of senior house officer. Hospital chief executives must introduce systems to monitor compliance with this recommendation.
Laming Inquiry, Laming Inquiry — Final Report · 28 Jan 2003 Source PDF →
Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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