The CDRC Safeguarding Children suite resource supports GP practices to identify, record, review and manage safeguarding information within SystmOne.
The resource brings together:
- Clinical reports to support safeguarding register management and proactive review.
- Patient status alerts displaying relevant current and historical safeguarding information.
- A structured template for reviewing and recording safeguarding information.
- Safeguarding recalls to support planned and systematic review.
- Locally configurable referral, conference and safeguarding pathway information.
The resource supports practices to:
- Maintain an accurate Safeguarding Children Register.
- Identify children whose records may require review.
- Review safeguarding information from one structured interface.
- Record safeguarding summaries, discussions and agreed actions.
- Schedule and monitor safeguarding reviews.
- Access relevant referral and conference documentation.
- Support preparation for safeguarding meetings.
- Maintain continuity and oversight of safeguarding activity.
Accessing CDRC Resources on SystmOne
To use these resources in SystmOne, you will need access to the CDRC resources through the DCS Organisation Group.
If you do not currently have access, please follow the instructions on the CDRC SystmOne Access webpage.
Once access has been enabled, the reports can be found in the relevant CDRC folders and the templates can be opened from within the patient record.
Clinical Reports
The CDRC Safeguarding clinical reports are organised into four sections:
- Safeguarding Registers
- Safeguarding Review
- Safeguarding Casefinding
- Safeguarding Registration and Deduction
CDRC’s Reports can be accessed in SystmOne Clinical Reporting from: CDRC > Safeguarding
1. Safeguarding Register
The Safeguarding Registers provide an overview of children with relevant safeguarding information recorded in SystmOne. These reports support practices to maintain an overview of their Safeguarding Children Register, review individual register categories and identify children whose safeguarding status or associated information may require review.
2. Safeguarding Review
The Safeguarding Review reports identify children with recorded safeguarding concerns whose planned review arrangements or recent activity may require attention. These reports can support safeguarding meeting preparation, recall management and systematic review of children already known to the practice safeguarding system.
3. Safeguarding Casefinding
The Safeguarding Casefinding reports identify children who are not currently recorded with another relevant safeguarding concern but whose coded information or patterns of activity meet defined report criteria. These reports support proactive and proportionate review of the wider patient record to determine whether information has been recorded correctly and whether further consideration, discussion or action is required.
4. Safeguarding Registration and Deduction
The Safeguarding Registration and Deduction reports identify children with recorded safeguarding concerns who have recently joined or left the practice.
Patient Status Alerts
CDRC Patient Status Alerts are not activated automatically when an organisation joins the DCS Organisation Group. This allows each organisation to retain control over its local SystmOne configuration.
To request activation:
- Email contact-cdrc@healthinnovationnenc.org.uk
- Request activation of the CDRC Safeguarding Patient Status Alert.
- A member of the CDRC team will support the organisation through the activation process.
Once activated, the Safeguarding PSA appears to make relevant safeguarding information more visible when a child’s record is accessed.
An alert should be treated as a prompt to review relevant information. It should not be interpreted in isolation or regarded as a complete account of the child’s circumstances.
The available PSA are:
When the relevant patient’s record is retrieved, once of the aforementioned PSAs will be shown. Clicking on the icon will direct you to the Safeguarding Children CDRC Template as shown below.
Safeguarding Children Template
The Safeguarding Children CDRC Template brings relevant safeguarding information and tools together in one structured view. It helps users quickly review the child’s safeguarding status, record summaries and discussions, schedule reviews, view key relationships and professionals, and access referral or conference resources.
How to Access
With the patient record open, use the search bar in the lower left-hand corner and search for: Safeguarding Children CDRC
Alternatively, press F12, search for and select the template from the search results.
What the Template includes:
The template includes dedicated pages for:
- Safeguarding Children: Provides an overview of the child’s safeguarding information, including register status, safeguarding summary, planned review date and previous discussions.
- Relatives and Carers: Displays relatives, carers and other relationships recorded in SystmOne, helping users review and update information about the people associated with the child.
- Professionals and Schools: Displays recorded professionals, services and education information, including the child’s current school where available.
- Child Protection Referral: Provides access to locally configured referral guidance, contact details and referral documentation, including a pre-populated referral form where configured.
- Child Protection Conferences: Supports preparation for child protection conferences, with access to the relevant GP report or proforma and functions for recording conference outcomes and follow-up arrangements.
- Bruising in Immobile Children: Provides access to the configured assessment and management pathway for bruising in a child who is not independently mobile.
- Looked After Children (LAC): Provides information and means to conducted a LAC Initial Health Assessment or a LAC Review Health Assessment
