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Review of the involvement and action taken by health bodies in relation to the case of Baby P May 2009

London Published 01 Apr 2009 Trust Whittington Health NHS Trust

Recommendations

5 total
Recommendation 1 Addressed to: All four trusts No Response Published

Link to recommendation Recommendation 1

Recommendation · source text
All four trusts should ensure that their staff are clear about child protection procedures and have received safeguarding training to a level that is appropriate to their role, as set out by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.∗
Recommendation 2 Addressed to: Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust No Response Published

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Haringey Teaching Primary Care Trust and North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust must work with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust to ensure that their staffing arrangements have a sufficient number of appropriately qualified paediatric staff available when required, in line with established guidelines.
Recommendation 3 Addressed to: Great Ormond Street Hospital No Response Published

Link to recommendation Recommendation 3

Recommendation · source text
Great Ormond Street Hospital must review the adequacy of consultant cover at St Ann’s Hospital.
Recommendation 4 Addressed to: All four trusts No Response Published

Link to recommendation Recommendation 4

Recommendation · source text
All four trusts need to establish clear communication and working arrangements with relevant social services departments and, in particular, ensure that there is no delay in establishing contact between agencies once a safeguarding referral has been made to social services.
Recommendation 5 Addressed to: The boards of all four trusts No Response Published

Link to recommendation Recommendation 5

Recommendation · source text
The boards of all four trusts must assure themselves on the adequacy of the system as a whole. Specifically, the trusts must ensure that appropriate arrangements are in place to enable:
• Safeguarding supervision.
• Staff to attend multi-agency child protection case conferences.
• Appropriate training to be undertaken.
• Signing off the trusts’ own declarations against core standards, assuring themselves that they can do so and do so adequately.

Acceptance status

Per recommendation
No Response Published
5

Total recommendations
5
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