Scottish Government

Making It Work For Scotland's Children:
Child Health Support Group Overview Report 2003

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CONTENTS

Foreword - Minister for Health and Community Care
Introduction: Malcolm Wright, Chair of the Child Health Support Group

Ch 1.Marking achievements and keeping up momentum

The National Template for Child Health Services
Programme of review visits to health care systems
Response to the report of the Bristol Inquiry
Support for the Performance Assessment Framework
Scottish conferences on child health
Giving a profile to child and adolescent mental health
Taking the child health agenda forward - the next steps

Ch 2.Looking Forward

Promoting social justice through better integrated services for children
Review and planning of specialist paediatric services
Strengthening community-based child health services
Championing and developing child and adolescent mental health
Supporting the Patient Focus, Public Involvement agenda in child health services
Direct support for NHS Boards

Ch 3.Reporting on progress locally

Integrated planning and services
Support and protection for children at risk
Community-based child health and primary care services
Health promotion
Acute and specialist paediatric services
Training for practice in general acute settings
Telemedicine
Respite care
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS)
Involving children and young people in NHSScotland

Ch 4.Child Health Commissioners' Network - Annual Report
Remit
Terms of reference
Membership
Meetings
Reporting

Annexes
a. Child Health Support Group - Membership
b. Membership of Child Health Commissioners Group