In partnership with Dogs Trust, the North Wales Safeguarding Board are working to promote awareness during Child Safety Week (3rd to 7th June) of how to teach your child safety around dogs.
Unfortunately, a high number of dog bites happen to children in the family home. With the rate of hospital admissions related to dog bites highest among the 0-9 age group*, there is a greater need to educate children and families on how to behave safely around dogs. *NHS dog bite hospital admissions data.
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill was approved by Parliament on 24 April 2019, meaning it will become law shortly, when it receives Royal Assent.
The legislation provides for the repeal of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) contained in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), and their replacement with a new scheme called the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS).
The LPS establishes a process for authorising arrangements enabling care or treatment which give rise to a deprivation of liberty within the meaning of Article 5(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), where the person lacks capacity to consent to the arrangements. It also provides for safeguards to be delivered to people subject to the scheme.
Brexit will happen, in one way or another, although further delays have occurred. This paper attempts to pull together what is feared, what is known and what the impact might be for services serving children and young people in UK.
The EU has enacted over 80 legal instruments that confer direct entitlement for children in the UK covering issues such as migration, asylum, child protection, health and safety, paediatric medicine, access to social and economic rights and cross-border family breakdown. In one way or another Brexit is likely to have an impact on all of these.
The following 7 minutes Briefings are now available to access via the resources web page:
The following 7 minutes Briefings are now available to access via the resources web page:
Regional Administration Officer to the Safeguarding Board
Email: regionalsafeguarding@denbighshire.gov.uk
Tel: 01824 712903
If you know a child who is at risk of abuse or is being abused, it’s very important that you let the council or the police know.
If the individual is in direct danger, call the Police immediately on 999. If not, telephone Social Services as soon as possible to share your concerns.
Anglesey
01248 752 722
01248 353 551 (out of hours)
Gwynedd
01758 704 455
01248 353 551 (out of hours)
Conwy
Social Services: 0300 456 1111
Out of Hours: 01492 515777
Denbighshire
01824 712200: Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm
0345 053 3116: Evenings and weekends
Flintshire
01352 701 000
0345 053 3116 (out of hours)
Wrexham
01978 292 039
0345 053 3116 (out of hours)
If you know of an adult who is at risk of abuse or is being abused, it is very important that you let the council or the police know
If the individual is in direct danger, call the Police immediately on 999. If not, telephone Social Services as soon as possible to share your concerns.
Anglesey
01248 752752
01286 675502 / 01248 384151 (Out of hours)
Gwynedd
Adults Department, Health and Wellbeing 01766 772577
01248 353551 (Out of hours)
Conwy
0300 456 1111
01492 515777 (Out of hours)
Denbighshire
0300 4561000
0345 053 3116 (Out of hours)
Flintshire
01352 803444
0845 053 3116 (Out of hours)
Wrexham
01978 292066
0345 053 3116 (Out of hours)