1. Safeguarding Children In The Emergency Department
... child protection. The Register provided an essential alarm to the emergency services and triggered a specialist response to children identified as at high risk of harm. A survey of emergency departments (Rose 2009) suggested that many no longer received the alert once the Register was abolished. On February 25, 2000, an eight-year-old child, died following weeks of appalling maltreatment and neglect at the hands of the great-aunt who ... . All health care organizations have a duty outlined in legislation, such as the Children's Act (2004), to make arrangements to safeguard and promote th...
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