Table 5.
Number and proportion of referrals to children’s social care (CSC) or hospital safeguarding teams (HSG)
| A* | ||||||||||
| <5 years of age | Centre A | Centre B | Centre C | Centre D | Total | |||||
|
Pre (n=123) |
Post (n=271) |
Pre (n=305) |
Post (n=266) |
Pre (n=137) |
Post (n=177) |
Pre (n=199) |
Post (n=179) |
Pre (n=764) |
Post (n=893) |
|
| Referred CSC | 12 (9.8%) | 34 (12.5%) | 6 (2.0%.) | 9 (3.4%) | 8 (5.8%) | 7 (3.9%) | 11 (5.5%) | 19 (10.6%) | 37 (4.8%) | 69 (7.7%) |
| P value | 0.42 | 0.29 | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0.02 | |||||
| Referred HSG | 3 (2.4%) | 3 (1.1%) | 22 (7.2%) | 0 | 20 (14.6%) | 28 (15.8%) | 0 | 2 (1.12) | 45 (5.9%) | 33 (3.7%) |
| P value | 0.38 | <0.001 | 0.88 | 0.22 | 0.04 | |||||
| Total referred (CSC+HSG) |
15/123 | 37/271 | 28/305 | 9/266 | 28/137 | 35/177 | 11/199 | 21/179 | 82/764 | 102/893 |
| % | 12.2 | 11.7 | 9.2 | 3.4 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 5.5 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 11.4 |
| P value | 0.69 | <0.001 | 0.88 | 0.03 | 0.66 | |||||
| >5 years of age | ||||||||||
|
Pre (n=84) |
Post (n=118) |
Pre (n=92) |
Post (n=100) |
Pre (n=75) |
Post (n=55) |
Pre (n=68) |
Post (n=54) |
Pre (n=319) |
Post (n=327) |
|
| Referred CSC | 6 (7.1%) | 3 (2.5%) | 2 (2.2%) | 2 (2.0%) | 2 (2.7%) | 2 (3.6%) | 7 (10.3%) | 4 (7.4%) | 17 (5.3%) | 11 (3.4%) |
| P value | 0.17 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.75 | 0.22 | |||||
| Referred HSG | 1 (1.2%) | 0 | 1 (1.1%) | 0 | 5 (6.7%) | 8 (14.5%) | 2 (2.9%) | 1 (1.8%) | 9 (2.8%) | 9 (2.7%) |
| P value | 0.42 | 0.48 | 0.15 | 1.00 | 0.96 | |||||
| Total referred (CSC+HSG) |
7/84 | 3/118 | 3/92 | 2/100 | 7/75 | 10/55 | 9/68 | 5/54 | 26/319 | 20/327 |
| % | 8.3 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 2 | 9.3 | 18.2 | 13.2 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 6.1 |
| P value | 0.10 | 0.58 | 0.14 | 0.49 | 0.31 | |||||
| B† | ||||||||||
| Referred CSC or HSG (combined) | ||||||||||
| Centre A | Centre B | Centre C | Centre D | Total | ||||||
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
| BT-score <3 | 6/121 (5.0%) |
13/288 (4.6%) |
8/265 (3.0%) |
1/284 (0.3%) |
8/122 (6.6%) |
9/141 (6.4%) |
3/102 (2.9%) |
8/157 (5.1%) |
25/610 (4.1%) |
31/870 (3.6%) |
| P value | 0.85 | 0.02 | 0.95 | 0.54 | 0.60 | |||||
| BT-score ≥3 | 12/49 (24.5%) |
26/75 (34.7%) |
20/93 (21.5%) |
10/82 (12.2%) |
21/69 (30.4%) |
26/43 (60.5%) |
12/63 (19.0%) |
18/55 (32.7%) |
65/274 (23.7%) |
80/255 (31.4%) |
| P value | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.002 | 0.10 | 0.05 | |||||
A: split by age group. P values refer to χ2 tests comparing proportions of referrals to either CSC or HSG versus not referred to either of them (ie, for referrals to CSC, the p value refers to referred to CSC vs referred to HSG or not referred at all). B: split by BuRN-Tool score (BT-score). P values refer to χ2 tests comparing pre/post proportions of referrals to CSC and HSG combined for BT-scores <3 and ≥3.
*Sample size differs from total sample size within each centre due to missing data on referral and/or age.
†Sample size differs from total sample size within each centre due to missing data on referral and/or BT-score. Total sample size for each centre is as follows: Pre: centre A: 210, centre B: 416, centre C: 240, centre D: 284. Post: centre A: 401, centre B: 399, centre C: 252, centre D: 241.
BuRN-Tool, Burns Risk assessment for Neglect or abuse Tool.