Glossary

• Academies
• Adoption Order
• Adult with care and support needs
• Care Quality Commission
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
• Child Death Overview Panel
• Child in need
• Child Protection Conference
• Child Protection Plan
• Child sexual exploitation
• Clinical Commissioning Group
• Core Group
• CPS
• Domestic abuse
• Early help
• emergency protection order
• Emotional abuse
• Fabricated or induced illness
• Free Schools
• General Medical Council

  The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent organisation to help protect patients and improve medical education and practice across the UK. The GMC decidse which doctors are qualified to work in the UK and they oversee medical education and training. They set the standards that must be followed and take action to prevent a doctor putting the safety of patients at risk.

• Grooming
• IRO
• LADO
• Lead social worker
• Looked After Child
• LSCB
• Medical assessment
• Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
• Neglect
• NSPCC
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Ofsted
• Physical abuse
• Pre-birth assessment
• Section 47
• Serious case review
• Sexual abuse
• Significant harm
• Unexpected child death