Help and advice

All agencies should have a designated or named person who can advise their colleagues on safeguarding children. For advice, contact the relevant designated adviser for your agency below.

• Southwark Primary Care NHS Trust Designated doctor
  (Paediatrician): 020 3049 8009
  Designated nurse: 020 3049 8133
  Named doctor (Paediatrician): 020 3049 8018
  Named nurses: 07789 741518

• Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust Named doctor: 020 7188 4635
  Named nurse: 020 7188 2473
  Named midwife: 020 3299 3084

• Kings College Hospital NHS Trust Named doctor: 020 3299 3984
  Named nurse: 020 3299 1185
  Named midwife: 020 3299 4971

• South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Named doctor: 020 7138 1591 
  Named nurse: 020 3228 3483

If you think a child is in immediate danger contact the police on 999

Children's social care

To make a referral of a child thought to be at risk of abuse or neglect, please contact the referral and assessment team at children's services on 020 7525 1921 immediately.

 If your agency does not have it's own guidance or specialist child protection advisor, you can contact the quality assurance unit and ask to speak to the duty child protection coordinator on: 020 7525 3297 who can give you advice. 

Education

Each school/education setting has its own designated persons for safeguarding children. For safeguarding advice from LA's Education Services please contact Integrated Child Support Service (ICSS) Duty Manager on 020 7525 2702 or LA's Schools Safeguarding Coordinator on: 020 7525 2715.

Police

Metropolitan Police, child abuse investigation team.
Telephone: 020 7230 3700.

LADO - Head of Social Work Improvement and Quality Assurance - 020 7525 0387