Useful Websites

 Children and young people - a tool kit for doctors

"Why Children Die: A Pilot Study", CEMACH 2006

Good Medical Practice

The Review of good medical practice, 0 - 18 years: guidance for all doctors

Protecting children and young people. The responsibilities of all Doctors. July 2012

Children Act 1989

Children Act 2004

Working together to Safeguard Children: March 2013

Medical Protection Society factsheet: Safeguarding Children

The Medical Protection Society also provides useful leaflets on Safeguarding and Child Protection specific to all areas of the UK

When to suspect Child Maltreatment: NICE CG89 2009

NSPCC website

Child protection training from the NSPCC

NSPCC Inform - What's new from the NSPCC!

Core Info - a series of leaflets on aspects of physical and emotional child abuse

Child Protection and the Anaesthetist:Safeguarding Children in the Operating Theatre. (2014. RCOA, AAGBI,APA AND RCPCH)

Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competences for health care staff (2014. Intercollegiate document)

Lead Anaesthetist for Child Protection/Safeguarding (2016. RCOA)

Safeguarding Children and Young People

Child Protection Companion (CPC), 2nd Edition  The 2nd edition, published in 2013 is available only with RCPCH log in

Child Protection companion (CPC), 1st Edition, 2006

Facing the Future - standards for paediatric services. RCPCH 2010

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. 1989

NHS Wales - Safeguarding Children Service

Children in Wales - Safeguarding Children

CORE INFO: Cardiff Child Protection Systematic Reviews

Protection of Children (Scotland) Act, 2003

Sharing Information About Children at Risk: A Guide to Good Practice, 2004

Protecting Children and Young People: Interim guidance for Child Protection Committee for Conducting a Serious Case  Review, Scottish Executive, 2007

A guide to Getting it right for every child, 2008

Hidden Harm Next steps. Supporting Children - Working with Parents, 2006

Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act, 1991

National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland, 2010

Understanding the needs of children in Northern Ireland, 2011

Co-operating to Safeguard Children in Northern Ireland, 2003

Area Child Protection Committees’: Regional Policy and Procedures, 2005

Area Child Protection Committees’: A Short Guide to Regional Policy and Procedures, 2005

Safeguarding Children: a cross-departmental statement on the protection of children and young people, 2009

Developing New Child Protection Safeguarding Structures in Northern Ireland. Briefing note 43/10, 2010

Cinncinnati Childrens Hospital Heart Institute Encyclopaedia

Update in Paediatric Anaesthesia

Tutorial of the week

Orphanet

Regional Anaesthesia

U/S Guided Vascular Access

Good Practice in Postoperative and Procedural Pain Management 2nd Edition, 2012

The recognition and assessment of acute pain in children 

NECTARINE study

Apricot Study

Cochrane Reviews