Safeguarding children in whom illness is fabricated or induced - the report March 23, 2008
Posted by western4uk in Child Protection Services, Children, Grey Literature.Tags: Child Protection, Grey Literature, Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy, Paediatrics
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Safeguarding children in whom illness is fabricated or induced - the report reviews the NHS implementation of Safeguarding Children in Whom Illness is Fabricated or Induced (guidance issued in 2002). It finds:
- Greater knowledge of the existence of the fabricated and induced guidance is needed amongst all NHS staff, (including paediatricians and generalists in a wide range of health services such as unscheduled care)
- More focused implementation of the guidance through better and shared multi-agency protocols and joint training
- Better management of suspected cases, both clinically and in relation to co-ordination by local authority children’s services
- Continuing personal anxiety amongst paediatricians about the implications of identifying fabricated or induced illness rightly or wrongly.
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