London Safeguarding Children Procedures and Practice Guidance

Updated: 30th March 2026

Welcome to the latest update to the 8th Edition of the London Safeguarding Children Procedures. This procedure manual looks slightly different to the previous versions and has some additional features such as text to speech and a translation function. Please see Using these Procedures in the resources tab on the menu bar.

In this update to the procedures, amendments and updates have been made to 5 chapters.

For further details on the changes and updates to the procedures, please refer to the amendment table.

Six Monthly Updates:

The London Safeguarding Children Procedures are normally updated on a 6-monthly basis. The most recent update took place on the 30th March 2026 and the changes can be viewed in the section Amendments & Archives. The next update is scheduled for the end of September 2026.

Any comments or suggested changes for this update should be forwarded to Victoria Hilliard, Coordinator, London Safeguarding Children Partnership (Victoria.hilliard@londoncouncils.gov.uk) by 1st August 2026.

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.