Useful Documents

Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Final Report of the National CAMHS Review (2008)
Department for Children, Schools and Families: Statutory Guidance on Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children (2009); Healthy Child Programme: From 5-19 years old (2009); The Childrens Plan: Building brighter futures (2009); Healthy lives, brighter futures – The strategy for children and young people’s health (2009); Indicators of a School’s Contribution to Well-being (2008)
Department for Education and Skills: Every Child Matters (2003); Making it Happen: Working together for children, young people and families (2006); Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years Settings (2005); Youth Matters (2005)
Department for Education and Skills/ Department of Health: Care Matters: Time for Change (2007); School Nurse: Practice Development Resource Pack (2006); Looking for a School Nurse? (2006); National Healthy Schools Status - A Guide for Schools (2005)
Department of Health: National Framework for Children and Young People’s Continuing Care (2010) (PDF 560KB); Final Thomas Coram Report: Promoting the Health of Children and Young People through Schools: The Role of the Nurse (2010) (MS Word 682 KB); Healthy Child Programme from 5 to 19 years old (2009); Healthy lives, brighter futures – The strategy for children and young people’s health (2009); National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (2004); The Chief Nursing Officer’s Review of the Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Contribution to Vulnerable Children and Young People (2004); Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier (2004); Liberating the Talents (2002); What to do if You’re Worried a Child is Being Abused (2003); The NHS Improvement Plan: putting the people at the heart of public services (2004); Domestic Violence: a resource manual for health care professionals (2005); Health Survey for England: The Health of Children and Young People (2002); Confidentiality Guidance for under 16’s (2004) London DH
Department of Health/ Community Practitioners and Health Visiting Association: Liberating the Talents of Community Practitioners and Health Visitors (2003)
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety: Northern Ireland: Healthy Futures: The Contribution of Health Visitors and School Nurses in Northern Ireland 2010-2015 (PDF 387KB)
Drug Education Forum: Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England in 2006
HM Government: Young people's sexual health: the National Chlamydia Screening Programme.
Seventh Report of Session 2009–10 (2010); Working Together to Safeguard Children: a guide to inter-agency working to safeguard and promote the welfare of children (2006); Foresight - Trends and drivers of obesity: A literature review for the Foresight project on obesity
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence: Autism spectrum disorders in children and young people (2009)
Nursing and Midwifery Council: Standards of Proficiency for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (2004)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain: The Handling of Medicines in Social Care More ...
Scottish Executive: The Early Years Framework (2009); Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 (2009); We can and must do better (2007); Visible, Accessible And Integrated Care Report Of The Review Of Nursing In The Community In Scotland (2007); Delivering a Healthy Future: An Action Framework for Children and Young People's Health in Scotland (2007); Delivering for Mental Health (2006); The WHO Europe Family Health Nursing Pilot in Scotland: Final Report (2006); Delivering Care, Enabling Health: Harnessing the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions: Contribution to Implementing Delivering for Health in Scotland (2006); Consultation Findings of Improving the Health and Nutrition of Scotland's Children: Schools (Nutrition and Health Promotion) (Scotland) Bill (2006); Modernising Nursing Careers: Setting the Direction (2006); Getting it Right for Every Child (2005); Delivering for Health (2005); Health for all children 4 - Guidance for Implementation in Scotland (2005); Respect and Responsibility: Strategy and Action Plan for Improving Sexual Health (2005); The Mental Health of Children and Young People: A Framework for Promotion, Prevention and Care (2005); Sharing Information About Children at Risk: A Guide to Good Practice (2004); Being Well, Doing Well - Scottish Health promoting Schools Unit (2004); Protecting Children and Young People: The Charter (2004); Protecting Children and Young People: Framework for Standards (2004); Partnership for Care: Scotland's Health White Paper (2003); Improving Health in Scotland - The Challenge (2003); A Scottish framework for nursing in schools (2003)
Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP) and NSPCC: Untold Damage: Children’s accounts of living with harmful parental drinking (PDF 1.2 MB)
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN): Management of Attention Deficit and Hyperkinetic Disorders in Children and Young People (2009)
Scottish Legislation: Child Protection: Articles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by the UK Government in 1991
www.unicef.org/crc; The Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991
www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1991/Ukpga_19910050_en_1.htm; The Police Act 1997 (Part V Relating to Disclosure), Protection of The Children (Scotland) Act 2003 and The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 Police Act 1997
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/1997050.htm; The Police Act 1997(Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2006(No.96)
www.oqps.gov.uk/legislation/ssi/ssi2006/ssi_20060096_en_2; Disclosure Scotland
www.disclosurescotland.co.uk; The Central Registered Body in Scotland (CRBS)
www.crbs.org.uk; Protection of Children (Scotland) Act 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/20030005.htm; The Children (Scotland) Act 1995
www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950036_en_1.htm; The Arrangements to Look After Children (Scotland) Regulations 1996
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19963262_en_1.htm; The Data Protection Act 1998
www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/19980029.htm; European Convention on Human Rights
Human Rights Act 1998: www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/19980042.htm
Scotland Act 1998: www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts1998/19980046.htm; The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2001/20010008.htm; The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2002/20020013.htm; Scottish Information Commissioner
www.itspublicknowledge.info; The Education (Disability Strategies and Pupils' Educational Records) (Scotland) Act 2002 and The Pupils’ Educational Records(Scotland) Regulations 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2002/asp_20020012_en_1; The Pupils’ Educational Records (Scotland) Regulations 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2003/20030581.htm; The Sexual Offences Act 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/Acts/acts2003/ukpga_20030042_en_1; The Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/asp_20030017_en_1; The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/asp_20030013_en_1; The Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2003/20030007.htm; The Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2004/20040008.htm; The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2004/20040004.htm; The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2004/asp_20040003_en_1; The Protection of Children and Prevention of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2005
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2005/asp_20050009_en_1; The Management of Offenders etc (Scotland) Act 2005
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2005/asp_20050014_en_1; The Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/Scotland/acts2005/asp_20050008_en_1; The Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2006/asp_20060002_en_1; The Joint Inspection of Children's Services and Inspection of Social Work Services (Scotland) Act 2006
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2006/asp_20060003_en_1; The Joint Inspections (Scotland) Regulations 2006
www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/ssi2006/draft/20060303.htm
Welsh Assembly Government: A Framework for a School Nursing Service for Wales (2009)