Friday, January 06, 2006

Early warning system set to revolutionise child protection Scotsman, 6 Jan 2006

http://news.scotsman.com/health.cfm?id=24592006
Linda Summerhayes
"A COMPUTER system designed to warn doctors, teachers, social workers and police when a child is at risk is set to be launched in the Lothians. The introduction of the 'e-care' children's information system - the first of its kind in Scotland - follows a series of high profile cases in which authorities were heavily criticised for failing youngsters who were in their care. "