Gwen Proctor

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Gwen Proctor

• Senior Nurse Child Protection

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Communication and Information Sharing

• What is my responsibility?
• What can I share?
• What cant I share?
• Who can I share with?
• What about confidentiality?

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What happens if I do share information?

• Social Work
• Police
• General Practitioners
• Other Health Staff

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What happens if I dont share information?

• Reviews and research findings

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What stops professionals sharing information?

• Uncertainty
• Fear
• Being judgemental

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Exercise

• Take five minutes to score the statements
• One is the most serious, ten the least