Safeguarding

General practice has a vital role in safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

These website pages aim to include lots of useful information for practices and to clearly explain our roles and responsibilities in primary care and we encourage all primary care professionals to ensure they are familiar with the website content.

Covid-19 useful resources

• https://www.suffolksp.org.uk/coronavirus/
• Primary Care Support for Safeguarding during Covid-19 
• Vaccination Consent Form
  This consent form is designed to support valid consent for vaccination in particular where a person is unable to provide valid consent and the Mental Capacity Act 2005 must be followed.
• RCGP Covid-19 and Safeguarding document
• MASH referral process during Covid-19
• Parent-Guardian Online Radicalisation Information and Support (Suffolk)
• Barnardo's See, Hear Respond - information for health progfessionals

GP Practice Safeguarding Lead Covid-19 Top Tips (and appendices below)

• Safeguarding Appx_b1_y_children (PDF)
• Safeguarding Appx b2_advice for parents (PDF)
• Safeguarding Appx_c_v_children (PDF)
• Safeguarding Appx_d_adults (PDF)
• Safeguarding Appx_e_adolescent (PDF)

Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership website: www.suffolksp.org.uk