Primary care needs to 'wake-up' to links between domestic abuse, safeguarding children
Saturday, March 8, 2014 - 00:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers looking at how healthcare professionals deal with domestic violence cases have identified that GPs, practice nurses and practice managers are uncertain about how to respond to the exposure of children to domestic violence. In this study, researchers found that primary care practitioners had little knowledge of local domestic violence services and few had direct communication with children's social services. The study also found practitioners' face-to-face communication with children and young people was limited.