Jenny Woodman has done well to highlight the fact that a GP's role in child safeguarding can be vast, stretching far beyond that of simply sentinel (or, indeed, case-conference-report-writer). However, as 'best-practice models of GP child safeguarding' are considered and developed, I would suggest that it is imperative that health visitor input is incorporated into these, with 'best-practice models of primary care child safeguarding' perhaps being considered as an alternative.
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