Reforms to the NHS could put vulnerable children at risk unless agencies work in a co-ordinated manner, it was claimed last week.
A conference heard that there was “deep unease" within the sector about the way some children will be protected and cared for under the new arrangements.
The comments, from the NHS Confederation, came after the Royal College of Paediatrics said there are too few doctors with a special responsibility in child protection working in the health service, and warned that child protection could become an “afterthought".
Currently, local authorities and primary care trusts have responsibility for child protection but in future there will be four organisations with a role. However, the government has yet to announce where responsibilities will lie.
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