Looked After Children Part 2: Influencing Factors and Outcomes of Care Journeys for General Practitioners



In this second session and the first session 'Safeguarding/Looked After Children Part 1', we will explore the evidence for the statement that looked after children 'have a higher level of health, mental health and health promotion needs than others of the same age' and look at how the Healthy Child Programme can meet these needs.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Identify and describe the different types of public care experienced by children in the UK
- Recognise different experiences of public care from four case studies
- Identify and describe the known outcomes for looked after children
- Analyse factors affecting the different outcomes
In this and session Safeguarding/Looked After Children Part 1, we explore the evidence for this statement and look at how the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) can meet these needs.
Douglas Simkiss is an Associate Professor of Child Health at the University of Warwick and an honorary Consultant Community Paediatrician in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust. He has been designated Doctor for looked after children in Birmingham and Warwickshire and developed integrated care pathways for health assessments. His PhD has explored the health service use of families where children enter public care. He peer reviewed the research underpinning the 2009 DCSF guidance ’Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked after children’. He was a member of the NICE / SCIE programme development group creating guidance on ’Promoting the quality of life for looked after children’ published in October 2010.


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