| Adverse childhood experiences | ACEs |
| Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | ADHD |
| Autistic spectrum disorder | ASD |
| Care Quality Commission | CQC |
| Child or young person seeking asylum or refuge | CYPSAR
CYPSAR/U denotes unaccompanied |
| Child Protection – Information Sharing | CPIS |
| Child sexual abuse | CSA |
| Child sexual exploitation | CSE |
| Computed tomography | CT |
| Continuous professional development | CPD |
| Did not attend/Was not brought | DNA/WNB |
| District general hospitals | DGHs |
| Emergency department | ED |
| Equality, diversity, and inclusion | EDI |
| Fabricated or induced illness | FII |
| Family Nurse Partnership | FNP |
| Female genital mutilation | FGM |
| Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder | FASD |
| General Data Protection Regulation | GDPR |
| General Medical Council | GMC |
| General practitioners | GPs |
| Health and Care Professions Council | HCPC |
| Inter-Collegiate Document | ICD |
| Initial Health Assessment | IHA |
| Integrated Care Boards | ICB |
| Joint Strategic Needs Analysis | JSNA |
| Local authority | LA |
| Local safeguarding children’s boards/ Local safeguarding children’s partnerships | LSCB/LSCP |
| Local safeguarding partnerships | LSP |
| Multi-agency public protection arrangements | MAPPA |
| Multi-agency risk assessment conference | MARAC |
| Multi-agency safeguarding hub | MASH |
| Multidisciplinary teams | MDTs |
| National Health Service | NHS |
| Not in employment, education or training | NEET |
| Nursing and Midwifery Council | NMC |
| Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills | OfSTED |
| Paediatric intensive care unit | PICU |
| Person in a Position of Trust | PIPOT |
| Public protection arrangements Northern Ireland | PPANI |
| Post-traumatic stress disorder | PTSD |
| Procedural response to unexpected deaths in children | PRUDIC |
| Public Health England | PHE |
| Review health assessment | RHA |
| Royal College of General Practitioners | RCGP |
| Royal College of Nursing | RCN |
| Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health | RCPCH |
| Serious case review | SCR |
| Sexual abuse referral centre | SARC |
| Sexually transmitted infections | STIs |
| Special educational needs and disabilities | SEND |
| Special Guardianship Order | SGO |
| Specialty and Specialist doctors | SAS |
| Sudden unexpected death in childhood | SUDIC |
| United Nations | UN |
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References & Resources
This page lists the references and resources that support the safeguarding children and children in care competencies