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child protection and the dental team
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A safe and child-friendly environment can be provided by:

  • taking steps to ensure that areas where children are seen are welcoming and secure with facilities for play
  • considering whether young people would wish to be seen alone or accompanied by their parents
  • ensuring that staff never put themselves in vulnerable situations by seeing young people without a chaperone
  • ensuring that your practice has safe recruitment procedures in place.
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