Carer held health record

Are you looking for a way to keep looking after children's health information safe and organised, and easily accessible for if and when they move families?

The Carer held health record is designed to be kept confidentially by the adults caring for a looked after child and, most importantly, to accompany a child when they move to another family or return home.

Looked after children often come from backgrounds where there is a high incidence of health problems and poor uptake of primary health care. It is important that significant medical information is passed on to a child’s main carers and made available to medical practitioners seeing a child on a temporary basis.

This booklet ensures that vital information is not lost, that a continuous health profile is kept for every child and that the health outcomes for all looked after children can improve. It also contains all the standard growth charts for children including height, weight and head circumference. The user-friendly format enables information to be detached or inserted.

NB – This booklet is not designed to replace the Child health record (Red Book) but to complement it, as it is designed specifically for children being looked after. Where the Red Book is unavailable, and especially for children over five, this booklet is essential in providing a continuous health record.