Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on child protection medical assessments: a retrospective observational study in Birmingham, UK

Objectives To determine any change in referral patterns and outcomes in children (0–18) referred for child protection medical examination (CPME) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years.Design Retrospective observational study, analysing routinely collected clinical data from CPME r...

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Main Authors: Malcolm Price, Geoff Debelle, Indu Anand, Jane Armstrong, Emily Botcher, Helen Chaplin, Ern Ern Henna Tan, Emily Tudor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/9/e042867.full