Child abuse in children living with special guardians, a service evaluation of child protection medical examinations.

Objective: To determine difference in frequency of referral for child protection medical examination (CPME) in children subject to special guardianship order (SGO), subject to child protection plan (CPP) or neither.

Design: Service evaluation analysing data from CPME reports.

Setting: Acute and community healthcare providers in Birmingham UK, during 2018.

Effect of COVID-19 lockdown on child protection medical assessments: a retrospective observational study in Birmingham, UK.

Objectives: To determine any change in referral patterns and outcomes in children (0-18) referred for child protection medical examination (CPME) during the COVID-19 pandemic compared with previous years.

Design: Retrospective observational study, analysing routinely collected clinical data from CPME reports in a rapid response to the pandemic lockdown.

Setting: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, which provides all routine CPME for Birmingham, England, population 1.