Safeguarding children: the benefits of a peer-review process.

Autor: Morris-Thompson, Trish, Shepherd, Janet, Rogers, Maggie, Ladbury, Briony, Kirk, Catherine, Marks-Maran, Di
Zdroj: British Journal of Nursing; 6/28/2012, Vol. 21 Issue 12, p742-747, 6p
Abstrakt: Nurses in hospitals and in the community are increasingly taking a leading role in safeguarding children. NHS London established a Safeguarding Improvement Team (SIT) in 2009. The SIT project was designed as a one-off activity to raise performance related to safeguarding children in London. This article presents a peer-review process that was established by NHS London and implemented across the 31 PCTs across London. This article presents the peer-review process methodology and a summary of the findings from the SIT visits. Feedback was requested from participants about participants' perceptions of the peer-review process immediately after the SIT visits and again, several months after the completion of all SIT visits. Findings show that the peer-review process was of value, both organisationally and professionally, and the process itself led to identification of good practice as well as gaps in existing practices. The non-threatening nature of the peer-review process was particularly valued, as was the feedback offered by the review teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index