This Safeguarding Resource pack for General practice staff is a comprehensive 96-page digital resource developed to support practitioners across the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough areas. This all-age safeguarding pack has been designed specifically for those working within general practice, providing clear and accessible guidance to assist in meeting statutory and professional safeguarding responsibilities.
The pack includes local safeguarding pathways, hyperlinks to national and regional guidance, and relevant processes to ensure staff have up-to-date and reliable information at their fingertips. It serves as a practical reference tool for all members of the general practice team, supporting the consistent and effective safeguarding of children, young people, and adults across all settings.
This pack is designed to:
- Help you make decisions about what to do when you have safeguarding concerns about a child, young person, or adult.
- Help you navigate safeguarding processes.
- Give you the information you need to review the safeguarding arrangements in your practice, identify gaps and take action to improve where necessary.
- Signpost you to sources of local information, help and support considering the family.
- Some of the resources contained within, can be printed, and laminated, and available within clinical rooms as a resource.
- Inform of best practice record keeping.
This resource pack is no substitute for training or team discussion which will help improve the knowledge and confidence of practice staff in safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals.
This was created by the Named Nurses for Primary Care within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB who will annually update the pack to ensure it is relevant and up to date. Please be aware all information in this pack is correct as of date of creation and some links and resources may change.