Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Children’s Services presenting the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Board 2019/20 Annual Report.

The Panel considered the report of the Director of Children’s Services providing a summary of the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) Annual Report 2019-20.

In response to Member’s questions, it was confirmed that:

• The Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) referred to within section 8 of the report is responsible for reviewing information on all child deaths. Serious child safeguarding cases are reviewed by a separate group, the Learning and Enquiry Group, to determine if a review is appropriate to identify improvements to practice.
• GP and maternity services can refer a family to Children’s Services before birth if there was a known history of child abuse or neglect.
• Children’s Services provide the majority of funding to the Hampshire Safeguarding Partnership with funding also provided from partner agencies.
• Ongoing initiatives, such as Every Sleep Counts, were regularly revised and refreshed with messaging being circulated widely through GP surgeries, via newsletter, social media, the County Council’s website and through the workforce.

The Panel discussed the mental health of care leavers and how they were supported through Children’s Services and through CAMHS. It was noted that care leavers were more likely to experience mental health problems.

RESOLVED:

That the Children and Families Advisory Panel notes the annual report of the Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (HSCP) Annual Report 2019-20.