National safeguarding website

The Care Quality Commission has published a review of child safeguarding in the NHS, commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health as part of the response to the case of Baby P, now known as Peter.

This statistical release presents data collected from local safeguarding children boards in England.

Updated guidance for police, teachers, social workers and health workers to protect disabled children from abuse and neglect.

This research looked at how local safeguarding children boards manage their safeguarding role and if the new systems and arrangements are ‘fit for purpose’ and are influencing and improving frontline practice.