SCIE/NICE recommendations on looked after children: Promoting the quality of life of looked-after children and young people
Recommendations
This is NICE and SCIE’s formal guidance on improving the physical and emotional health and wellbeing of looked-after children and young people. When writing the recommendations, the Programme Development Group (PDG) (see appendix A) considered the evidence of effectiveness (including cost effectiveness), commissioned reports, expert testimony, fieldwork data, a consultation with children and young people, and comments from stakeholders. Full details are available at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH28
The evidence statements underpinning the recommendations are listed in appendix C.
The evidence reviews, commissioned reports, supporting evidence statements and economic analysis are available at www.nice.org.uk/guidance/PH28.
The guidance
- Strategic leadership
- Audit and inspection
- Care planning, placements and review
- Professional collaboration
- Promoting mental health
- Placements
- Sibling placements and contact
- Supporting babies and young children
- Health assessments
- Personal quality of life
- Diversity
- Supporting foster and residential care
- Care provided by family and friends
- Improving education
- Preparing for independence
- Training for professionals