New NICE guideline on when to suspect child maltreatment
Published: 20 July, 2009
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is holding an embargoed press conference to launch a new clinical guideline on when to suspect child maltreatment.
The guidance aims to provide a summary of clinical features associated with maltreatment that may be observed when a child presents to the NHS. When used in routine practice, the guidance should prompt healthcare professionals who are not specialists in child protection to think about the possibility of maltreatment. Its purpose is to support initial clinical suspicion before a child has been referred to children's social care services or to a specialist child protection team.
The press briefing will take place at 10am on Tuesday 21 July, at the NICE offices at:
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
MidCity Place
71 High Holborn
London WC1V 6NA
A map is available on the NICE website: http://www.nice.org.uk/page.aspx?o=contact
If you would like to attend the briefing, or if you would like to make a bid to interview one of the speakers, please contact Alice Law on 0207 045 2176 (or 0845 003 7782) or email alice.law@nice.org.uk.
To comply with security arrangements it is important that we know in advance who will be attending the briefing.
