Decision details

Committee to consider the Annual Safeguarding Board Report.

The Independent Chair of the Barnet Safeguarding Children Board was invited by the Chairman to introduce the item to the committee, which related to the Barnet Safeguarding Children Board (BSCB) Annual Report.

During the discussion of the item, the Independent Chair of the Barnet Safeguarding Children Board agreed to circulate the following information to the committee following the meeting:

-       In respect to page 57 of the agenda report pack, a more detailed breakdown about the 98% of children assessed by CAMHS within 13 weeks of referral (i.e. number of children assessed within 2 weeks, within 4 weeks etc…). In addition to this, more information was requested in respect to the health reasons for the referral of those young people to CAMHS;

-       Further detail on whether there has been an increase in any specific mental illness in those young people who have been referred to CAMHS;

-       Whether those children referred to CAMHS with more serious illnesses or issues were seen earlier than others.

Following discussion of the report, the Chairman moved to the recommendations as laid out in the cover report, which were agreed by the committee.

The following was therefore RESOLVED:

1.    The Committee noted the Annual Report of the Barnet Safeguarding Children Board, which was attached at Appendix A;

2.    The Committee noted the summary Safeguarding Children’s Board Business Plan for 2016-18, attached at Appendix B, and supports the approach intended to ensure a continued, robust multi-agency approach to safeguarding children in Barnet, with involvement from the Council, Barnet Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS Trusts, the Police and the Voluntary Sector.