The implementation of a new parallel child health record

After a decade of research, the parent‐held Personal Child Health Record was introduced in some parts of the United Kingdom in 1991, coinciding with the enforcement of the Children Act 1989. It was designed as the main record of a child’s health and development, to be used until adulthood and to be...

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Published in:Child : care, health & development health & development, 1999-07, Vol.25 (4), p.253-266
Main Authors: Knowles, R., Blackburn, M., Zahir, M., Russell, M., Carrier, A., Nevrkla, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to Health
audit
Child
Child Abuse
Child Advocacy
Child Advocacy - legislation & jurisprudence
Child Health
Child protection
Child Safety
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Community Services
Confidential Records
Copies
District health authorities
Educational Psychology
First Aid
Guidelines
Health Personnel
Humans
Joint Professional Record
Laws
Medical Audit
Medical Records - standards
Multiple Disabilities
Occupational Therapy
parallel record
Parent held child health records
parent-held record
Parents
Patient Care Team
Personal Child Health Record
Public Health
Registries
Resistance (Psychology)
School Nurses
Seminars
Social Services
Social Work
Special Needs Students
Supervision
United Kingdom
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Summary:After a decade of research, the parent‐held Personal Child Health Record was introduced in some parts of the United Kingdom in 1991, coinciding with the enforcement of the Children Act 1989. It was designed as the main record of a child’s health and development, to be used until adulthood and to be held by parents. Several Health Care Trusts have since discovered a need to maintain parallel records in the best interests of children. Barnet introduced the ‘Joint Professional Record’ in 1995 for selected children, such as children on the Child Protection Register. The Joint Professional Record (JPR) is a single, clinic‐held, parallel record for multidisciplinary use. We undertook a programme of audit and staff seminars to develop and evaluate use of the JPR. We discuss, below, the impact of this record on professional working relationships and consider the implications of its use as a confidential record and within our policy of working in partnership with parents. In our experience, the JPR has proved a useful adjunct to clinical supervision in the arena of Child Protection and is appropriately used for children in need of protection and those with ‘special needs’.
ISSN:0305-1862
1365-2214
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2214.1999.00097.x