Safeguarding children
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is pleased to publish its Safeguarding Children Declaration. We are committed to achieving compliance with the national safeguarding standards. This will be achieved through continuous monitoring, audit, review and quality improvement, led by skilled and competent named professionals, supported and challenged by the Board of Directors and NHS Sheffield assurance process.
Board declaration
The Board of Directors confirms that arrangements are in place to meet the safeguarding requirements set out in letters Safeguarding Children and the Care Quality Commission Review dated 16 July 2009 from the Department of Health (David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive and Monitor (Edward Lavelle, Regulatory Operations Director).