Actions speak louder: A second review of healthcare in ... - HMCPSI

FINDINGS
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER
Good practice from inspection reports
“A young Muslim girl, who was referred for a health review to the
youth offending service nurse, disclosed having unprotected sexual
intercourse. Good, sensitive, effective and coordinated work took
place between the nurse, social worker and the young person in
investigating the background to this issue while protecting and
supporting the young girl.”
“The health workers aimed to provide a service that addressed
individual and diverse needs. They were active in supporting young
women with appropriate sexual health advice, and were involved in the
sexual exploitation strategic group, linking with the local safeguarding
children board.”
“There was proactive identification of general health needs and good
liaison with GPs and general paediatrics, with access to a specialist
black and minority ethnic worker, needle exchange and smoking
cessation services.”
A total of 61% of children and young people whose cases were reviewed by
health inspectors were in full-time education and 35% were unemployed or ‘other’
(figure 2). Clearly there is a significant issue here in terms of economic wellbeing
for those children and young people who have offended or who are likely to, which
needs to be more fully addressed. 6
Figure 2: Sample of cases reviewed by health inspectors (by occupation)
35%
4%
61%
Full-time education/training
Employed
Unemployed or other
Note: Figures for the wider sample of cases showed 58% in full-time education
or training with 6% in employment and 27% unemployed or ‘other’. The remaining
percentage relates to part-time education or training. The number of cases
reviewed by health inspectors used in this analysis numbered 189.
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This will be analysed further in a report on phase 4 inspections by Ofsted and HMI Probation, expected in
early 2009.
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