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London Safeguarding Children Procedures and Practice Guidance


Updated: 25th September 2024


Welcome to the latest update to the 7th Edition of the London Safeguarding Children Procedures.

As part of the negotiation of a protocol for children moving out of the London area, minor amendments were made to CP6 (Children Moving Across Borough Boundaries) to take account of the statutory timescale for homelessness assessments in March 2024. The protocol is expected to be agreed with local authorities in the east of England by the end of 2024.

In this update to the procedures, the practice guidance on sexual abuse has been updated and new links added to reflect further work undertaken by the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse.

The Referral and Assessment chapter has been divided into two separate chapters, Referral and Assessment and Pre-birth referral and assessment to highlight the importance of the latter procedures.

Amendments have been made to the chapters dealing with Child Protection Enquiries, Child Protection Conferences, Information Sharing, Safe Recruitment, Domestic Abuse and Information Technology.

New practice guidance has been added to the procedures concerning: Safer Sleeping Guidance, Good Practice Supporting the Voice of the Child and Child Protection Information Sharing (CP-IS). The CP-IS chapter includes reference to the expansion of CP-IS that will include more unscheduled health care settings and some scheduled health care settings.

For further details of the changes and updates to the procedures, please see the news section to the left of your screen. The Editorial Board is pleased that Laura Eden has been able to continue as joint chair of the Editorial Board whilst taking on her new role in the London Borough of Newham


Six Monthly Updates:

The London Safeguarding Children Procedures are normally updated on a 6-monthly basis. The most recent update took place on the 25th September 2024 and the changes can be viewed in the section Amendments & Archives. The next update will be at the end of March 2025.

Any comments or suggested changes for this update should be forwarded to Victoria Hilliard, Co-ordinator, London Safeguarding Children Partnership (Victoria.hilliard@londoncouncils.gov.uk) by 1st February 2025.

The Editorial Board is co-chaired by:

  • Rashida Baig, Director of Director of Family Help and Safeguarding, London Borough of Camden.
  • Laura Eden, Corporate Director of Children and Young People London Borough of Newham.

The Editorial Board is supported by:
Steve Liddicott, consultant for the review of the Procedures.

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