The Islington Plan for Looked After Children and ... - Islington Council

5.3.2 Summary of outcomes
a. Islington’s performance on providing basic health care is good. Our overall
health indicator was up from 91.4 last year to 92.4 this year.
Immunisations were up from 94.1 to 95.4 on the previous year. Dental
checks were down slightly from 87.8 to 86.7. Annual health assessments
were up 95.0 to 98.2 on the previous year.4
b. The number of Islington’s children looked after who have been immunised,
had their teeth checked and who have a completed annual health
assessment compares favourably to the London and National averages.
See table 1 below.
Table 1 Percentage of children looked after by Islington who have a record
of up to date immunisations, teeth checked by a dentist, and an annual
assessment for Islington, London and England March 2010. 5
Number of
CLA looked
after for at
least 12
months
% of CLA
whose
immunisations
were up to
date
%of CLA who
had their
teeth
checked by a
dentist
% of CLA
who had their
annual health
assessment
England 44,400 77 82 84
London 7,500 72 87 88
Islington 220 95 89 95
c. Improvements have been made as a result of diligent attention to
addressing the wider aspects of wellbeing arising from the last plan. For
example:
A total of 1,172 free gym places were used in the first three months of
2011 by looked after children.
Children and young people have their emotional and behavioural
needs checked through the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaires
(95% return rate).
76 foster families have attended intensive specialist training to assist
them in promoting positive behaviour and relationships with their
looked after children.
d. An Ofsted Inspection of Islington’s Fostering Service in April 2011 found
that the service was ‘good’ in respect of health and that “children and
young people live in a healthy environment and their health care needs
are well met.”
e. An evaluation of the health assessments offered by Islington’s Children
Looked After Health Team indicated a high level of satisfaction with the
service delivered and young people did not report any negative
4 OC2 Return {Figures for 2009/2010}.
5 Source: DfE: Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England (including adoption and care
leavers OC2 Data 31/3/10
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