Health assessments and care

‘After section 90 of the 1989 Act insert—

“Health assessments and care

90A Health assessments and care

(1) Where a child is looked after by a local authority, the Primary Care Trust (“PCT”) or, where there is no relevant PCT, the Health Authority or Health Board, must co-operate with the local authority in the provision of physical, emotional and mental health assessments and care.

(2) The Secretary of State shall make regulations providing for physical, emotional and mental health assessments of a child looked after by the local authority.

(3) Regulations made under this section shall make provision about—

(a) the qualifications and experience of an individual undertaking a health assessment;

(b) the length of time after a child starts to be looked after by a local authority by which a health assessment must take place; and

(c) the inclusion of details in the care plan of the arrangements made jointly by the local authority and PCT, or if there is no PCT, the Health Authority or Health Board, for the area in which the child is living for the physical, emotional and mental health care of the child.”’.—[Annette Brooke.]

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