LAMI-86 Response Historic AI-assessed

Explore extending child patient registration to include social and developmental welfare information.

Recommendation

The Department of Health should invite the Royal College of General Practitioners to explore the feasibility of extending the process of new child patient registration to include gathering information on wider social and developmental issues likely to affect the welfare of the child, for example their living conditions and their school attendance.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence detailing the Department of Health inviting the Royal College of General Practitioners to explore extending child patient registration to include wider social and developmental issues has been identified within the provided official sources. While GOV.UK search results indicate content related to 'health department should,' no specific feasibility studies or changes to patient registration processes directly addressing this recommendation are detailed. 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
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation age 23.2 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates