Child protection service
NHS Islington community health services have joined with The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Haringey community health services to form an exciting new organisation, called Whittington Health.
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Who is the service for?
The child protection service provides a specialist training and support service to all directly employed Primary Care Trust staff and independent contractors in the borough of Islington.
What does the service do?
The aim of the service is to ensure that all health professionals are aware of their responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people.
The service delivers multi-agency and multi-disciplinary training; advice, support, consultation and supervision to individuals and groups of staff; examination by a doctor for children and young people suspected of being abused and neglected; It also promotes and contributes to effective working with other agencies.
How are children referred to the service?
Children and young people are referred to the service by health professionals, Islington Children’s Social Care and the police. Members of the public with concerns about children can also contact the service and will be offered advice.
Relevant links
Downloads
- Leaflet - What happens when your child is referred to a children's doctor (paediatrician) because of concerns about their welfare?
- Protecting your child's wellbeing
Page last updated: September 2010
Contact details
Address:
Child Protection Admin
2nd Floor
Northern Health Centre
580 Holloway Road
London,
N7 6LB
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Telephone: 020 3316 1885
Fax: 020 7690 2860
Email: cp.admin@islingtonpct.nhs.uk
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Out-of-hours:
Contact the Islington Children’s Social Care out-of-hours service on 020 7226 0992.
Key staff:
Jane Chapman, Designated Nurse
Sue Morgan, Named Nurse
Jane Burson, Child Protection Advisor
Lucy Bowen, Child Protection Advisor
Tony Wheeler, Designated Doctor
Katarina Harris, Named Doctor