Your challenges
NHS child health practitioners are required to be proactive inter-agency partners, deciding how best to ensure children receive care within their family setting/the care system. Increasingly, this difficult balancing exercise is undertaken within the context of media interest, central government intervention and court proceedings.
Achieving your ambitions
Ensuring that you have appropriate policies in place to protect children and that these are properly applied to individual children and young people is a priority for NHS organisations. The importance of the children's work force has been emphasised in the current NHS Operating Framework and via initiatives such as the Health Visitor Implementation Plan. We have extensive experience in assisting clients with key issues across the spectrum of NHS delivery.
We can assist you when you’re under pressure and facing high levels of media attention. We ensure appropriate momentum is maintained in cases and understand the importance of timely and practical advice.
The strength you need
Our team specialises in:
- Consent/best interests/medical treatment matters
- Continuing care and transition planning
- Child protection investigations
- Serious case reviews
- Disclosure
- Children Act 1989 and 2004 issues
- Inquests
- CAMHS
- Working Together 2010 and cross-agency issues
- Comissioning children's services
Should you require training on any of these areas, do get in touch.
We have acted in a number of high profile matters, including the Charlotte Wyatt case.
We have a broad range of experience in private practice, local and central government, including Cafcass Legal and 11 Million (the Children’s Commissioner for England). We work closely with colleagues specialising in contracts for service delivery and NHS employment specialists to ensure that comprehensive advice is provided.
Lawyers you can trust
Issues relating to children and young people must be handled in a sensitive, timely way. We are committed to working to your timescales, often working out of office hours with clients to ensure that matters are resolved satisfactorily.
Our clients have said that we provide “high levels of responsiveness and quick turnaround times” and that we “combine a personalised service with a great depth of resources”.
Chambers & Partners 2011 feedback outlined that we provide “good oral advice, always backed up with clear written advice” and have “friendly, approachable lawyers who are committed to building strong relationships based on a consistent team built around the client”.