What questions do you ask specifically when registering children?
1. Does the child also live with the person with parental responsibility?
What is their relationship to child?
Asks additionally the contact details of the guardian and other details that enables us to find the parent on the clinical system
2. Is the patient a fostered child?
3. Do they have a social worker?
Asks for the social workers name and contact details
Here is a screenshot demonstrating the fostered child and social worker questions:
4. Do they attend an educational institution?
Asks for what kind of institution it is (e.g. Sixth form, boarding school etc)
Asks for the name of the institution
5. Guardians of children under 6 are asked to upload the Baby Red Book and vaccination records
Those files do not get automatically uploaded onto the patient record but can be downloaded off the hub.
6. Making sure the person with parental responsibility is registered at the practice
The form asks whether the child who is getting registered has a person with parental responsibility (PPR) who is already registered with the practice and if they are not, the system does not allow the child registration. If the child does have a registered PPR at the practice, the system will assign the child's Usual GP to match that PPR.
What 🔮signals am I going to get about child registrations?
Any child who is under 18
Child is has a social worker
Child is fostered
If the person of stated parental responsibility is not the mother or father
We also have signals that are the same for adults and children which are:
Patient has long term conditions
Patient is on repeat medication
Patient has a disability
Patient is out of area (if applicable)
Will a Child be registered without a parent already at the practice?
Yes. It's important that children who wish to register without a parent are flagged to your practice immediately.
The registration will not be automated if the child is registered without a parent who is a patient at the practice 👨👩👦
How do you automate registrations for babies who don't yet have a name?
We can automate patients who have the name of 'Baby' but will sometimes flag them to you or ask you to double-check their details 🐥
Do you ask children about their child immunisation status?
Yes, we ask for the baby red book / proof of immunisation status for children under 6 and babies.
When this is uploaded, you'll see a signal for documents uploaded and you'll be able to download the documents from the patient's registration form...
Learn more about 🛡Safeguarding
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