LAMI-72
Response
Historic
AI-assessed
Ensure identified GP for children with deliberate harm concerns discharged from hospital.
Recommendation
No child about whom there are concerns about deliberate harm should be discharged from hospital back into the community without an identified GP. Responsibility for ensuring this happens rests with the hospital consultant under whose care the child has been admitted.
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified from the provided sources regarding a policy to ensure children with concerns about deliberate harm are discharged from hospital only with an identified GP, or the assignment of responsibility to hospital consultants for this process. The Laming Inquiry was published in 2003, and no further specific evidence has been identified since then.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 19 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation asks for cultural or behavioural change, which is difficult to verify objectively. The assessment is based on policy commitments, not measured outcomes.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
23.2 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates