Are children and young people safe when accessing health services or visiting healthcare premises?
The HIW report identifies some progress and improvement in relation to child protection and safeguarding arrangements across healthcare organisations since the last full review undertaken, by HIW, in 2007. It highlights that staff were found to be generally alert to child protection issues and aware of the appropriate reporting and escalation procedures. However, the report also states that some staff working in adult services still appear to not accept that they also have a role in child protection. In the report concern is also raised that not all staff working in the NHS have been Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) and that there are inconsistencies in the way CRB checks are undertaken across NHS Wales. Variations in the consistency with which health professionals share information inside their own organisations, as well as with other agencies and sectors have also been identified. In some areas, staff expressed concern about breaking patient confidentiality and the effect that this may h
