Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 104877

Medical Examinations: Children

Tabled: 12 January 2026

Answered: 20 January 2026

Question

Alex Brewer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides on the minimum training and professional standards required for healthcare professionals undertaking child protection medicals for safeguarding assessments.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Standards of proficiency, conduct, and performance of registered professionals are the statutory responsibility of healthcare regulators, such as the General Medical Council for doctors and the Nursing and Midwifery Council for nurses and midwives, which ...

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