How many hours training for Primary Care Clinicians?
The January 2019 Intercollegiate Document makes a distinction between professional groups who require Level 3 ‘Core’ child safeguarding training and those primary care clinicians (e.g. GPs, Practice Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Paramedics) who require Level 3 ‘additional knowledge, skills and competencies’ child safeguarding training.
According to RCGP guidance, training should be 50% participatory and 50% non-participatory.
Inter-professional and inter-organisational training is encouraged in order to share best practice, learn from serious incidents and to develop professional networks.
| CHILD SAFEGUARDING |
Recommendation |
INITIAL training
(in first 12 months of level 3 post) |
Minimum 16 hours |
REFRESHER training
(over 3 years) |
Minimum 12 hours
GP Practice Safeguarding Leads require 16 hours |
| ADULT SAFEGUARDING |
Recommendation |
INITIAL training
(in first 12 months of level 3 post) |
Minimum 8 hours |
REFRESHER training
(over 3 years) |
Minimum 8 hours |
TOTAL REFRESHER TRAINING
(over 3 years) |
Minimum of 20 hours
GP Practice Safeguarding Leads require 24 hours (16 hours child + 8 hours adult) |
Several aspects of safeguarding training and education can apply equally to child and adult safeguarding and share the same principles. Examples of this may include, but are not limited to: safeguarding ethos, confidentiality, information sharing, documentation and domestic abuse. For example, if a clinician attended a one-hour Level 3 training session on domestic abuse that covered adult and child safeguarding issues equally, the RCGP supplementary guidance suggests this would count towards one hour of adult safeguarding Level 3 training and one hour of child safeguarding Level 3 training.
You can record these on your e-portfolio, or using a simple tool like our training log – see Recording Your Learning.
