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Policy Changes

Friday, June 2, 2017

The pan-Lancashire Policies and Procedures have been updated.

Please note specifically the change to guidance for 'Bruising - non mobile babies' or 'a child who is not independently mobile' which is now contained in the NICE guidance 'when to suspect Child Maltreatment' contained in chapter 1.3 of the manual - Recognition of Significant Harm.

http://panlancashirescb.proceduresonline.com/chapters/p_recog_significant_harm.html

An overview of the NICE guidance can be found here.

For further general information about these policy changes, please contact the LSCB, for practice guidance or if you have concerns about the welfare of a child or young person, please contact you own agency safeguarding leads.

To register for future LSCB policy updates, select the following link and click 'register for updates' in the left hand menu: http://panlancashirescb.proceduresonline.com/index.htm