Safeguarding

The Safeguarding Children Research Initiative, set up following the inquiry into the death of Victoria Climbie, has issued a report providing an overview of its work. One article in Community Practitioner looks at the health visitor's role in child protection. Another offers an evaluation of the Early Intervention Safeguarding Nurse pilot in North West England, which used an integrated model to address the all too common communication difficulties. NHS Information Centre has published provisional data on abuse of vulnerable adults, the first time this data has been collected on a mandatory basis.