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Child neglect

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Neglect

  • neglect is the persistent failure to meet a child's basic physical and/or psychological needs, likely to result in the serious impairment of the child's health or development. Neglect may occur during pregnancy as a result of maternal substance abuse. Once a child is born, neglect may involve a parent or carer failing to:

    • provide adequate food, clothing and shelter (including exclusion from home or abandonment);

    • protect a child from physical and emotional harm or danger;

    • ensure adequate supervision (including the use of inadequate caregivers) or

    • ensure access to appropriate medical care or treatment. It may also include neglect of, or unresponsiveness to, a child's basic emotional needs

Reference:

  • Bristol CCG Safeguarding Children Policy (Accessed 12/3/2014).

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