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Children’s services contacted me today

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Caramelbiscuit · 26/08/2021 19:39

Just wondering about this.

My eight month old was injured at the weekend Sad thankfully is fine. Took him to hospital and all was fine.

My HV rang me on Monday. I hadn’t called her so I presume the hospital did.

Children’s services called me today. I know this must have been procedure but I’m wondering which - I don’t have any issue with it by the way, I’m just curious!

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GoodnightGrandma · 26/08/2021 19:40

Have you had previous incidents like it ?
They don’t normally make contact after one visit unless there’s reason to.

BuffySummersReportingforSanity · 26/08/2021 19:41

It's pretty standard for hospital to inform the HV of any injury to a small child, especially a baby. If there was nothing auspicious about the circumstances they'll almost certainly speak to you by phone once and that's the end of it.

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Caramelbiscuit · 26/08/2021 19:41

Thanks @BuffySummersReportingforSanity, I thought it was probably something like that.

No previous incidents, no.

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GoWalkabout · 26/08/2021 19:41

It's normal after a child goes to A&E, I had a call after dd hit her head. Its good because then a record gets kept and it can flag neglect or mistreatment.

Ikeameatballs · 26/08/2021 19:45

Communication with the health visiting service should be routine after any hospital attendance and because it’s a health service you don’t need to be informed about that information being shared.

Informing Children’s services is different and you should have been told by the team seeing you that they were going to share information. Having said this clearly no one is actually concerned that what happened to your ds was anything other than accidental as if the health team had had those concerns you would not have been able to go home immediately.

There should be no further involvement from HV or children’s services regarding this injury.

Hope your ds is ok now.

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Caramelbiscuit · 26/08/2021 19:47

Thanks - he is.

I’ve absolutely no problem with them contacting me, I think it’s a good thing if babies are helped through it. I was just curious as to what procedure had been followed.

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Imnewhere1991 · 26/08/2021 19:48

What did the call entail and have they made it clear nothing is going forward from this?

AmazinglyGraceless · 26/08/2021 19:50

I had this once, after ds1 had two A&E visits quite close together for injuries (one head bump, one ankle injury).

On the call I had to tell them that in the 16 day interval between his second visit and their call, he'd actually been to A&E a third time 😂

They were fine. It was a 5 minute call and I never heard anything further.

Ikeameatballs · 26/08/2021 19:51

Sorry, I should have added. Routine to discuss injury under 1/immobile baby with children’s services, they just should have told you this was happening.

Emmelina · 26/08/2021 19:51

It’s procedure under a year old I think. My youngest burnt her hand at 11 months on MIL’s radiator, which was set to stun, and I got a call from HV a few days later to visit. Nothing further happened, especially as it didn’t even happen at my house! But clear it was an accident.

OverByYer · 26/08/2021 19:55

Injuries in a non mobile baby are always an alert and will require a follow up

Theunamedcat · 26/08/2021 19:56

Embarrassing phone calls with my HV she called to see how ds was i said oh is this about the bang on his head or the lump on his foot? There was a pause where she said um neither actually let's just rewind and I will tell you why I'm calling then we can discuss the "other stuff" there was literally a good explanation for each of his issues they just all happened within two weeks so children's services asked her to call and check all was well

You get used to it with a clumsy child and learn to catch fast

CaptainCallisto · 26/08/2021 19:56

We had the same when DS1 broke his arm at 10m (got knocked off my bike by an Alsatian while I had DS in the baby seat on the back). They said at the hospital that because of his age and the nature of the injury that it would be reported, so that there's a paper trail if it turned out not to an isolated incident. It probably didn't help that I was bruised as well! Nothing ever came of it beyond the phonecall.

CaptainCallisto · 26/08/2021 19:57

I should add, I was not at all upset by the call. I'd far rather they checked up on people where there was nothing to worry about than didn't call the ones where there was!

Peanutsandchilli · 26/08/2021 20:11

Health Visitors will always get a notification of a child attending a&e. I've sat in their office before, as a student, and watched their computer repeatedly pop-up notifications of another child who'd been injured. It's absolutely nothing to worry about to get a phone call from them. I've been in that position myself, when I spilled some boiling water on my toddler. Nothing came of it. It was an accident.

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Caramelbiscuit · 26/08/2021 20:17

That must have been awful, @CaptainCallisto! I can’t imagine how that must have felt Flowers

@Emmelina similar here, but not a radiator Sad

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Lemonsandlemonade · 26/08/2021 20:19

Totally normal specially with children too young to say what happened.

Try not to worry.

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Caramelbiscuit · 26/08/2021 20:25

I’m not worried at all, just mildly curious Smile

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Hellocatshome · 26/08/2021 20:25

DS went to hospital at about 18 months I think with a dislocated elbow. We had a call from children's services the next day. The Dr at the hospital had told us he had to.report it. Nothing further ever happened.

TheVolturi · 26/08/2021 20:37

What did they say on the call op?

Pucarbuile · 26/08/2021 20:42

When ds was about 4 he lamped himself off the corner of a cabinet when we were on holidays in Wales and required his head to be glued back together in a very nice and efficient a&e. Three weeks later, when we got home to Ireland I had a call from our public health nurse "just checking in" about him.

1FootInTheRave · 26/08/2021 20:45

Pretty standard depending on age/injury/frequent attendance/known sg concerns etc.

I find it mildly reassuring for the kids that do need extra input.

GreenTortoise · 26/08/2021 20:47

They do make contact. Our trust do anyway.
My son had a toy land on his head by DN and because he was 3 months old my HV rung me the next morning after I went to A&E and just asked me what happened and that was that. It's just procedure.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 26/08/2021 20:50

My eldest had a seizure at 18 months- we had an ambulance come out- next wk children’s services called us just to talk through what happened. Completely standard

ChuckMater · 26/08/2021 20:53

I've never been contacted afterwards the multiple times I took ds1 to hospital but thinking back maybe its because I always ring 111 first (that way I get an appointment time for ooh rather than having to wait in hospital) I've always expected a phonecall after but never recieved one.. strange