I’ve been in A&E quite a few times with my kids. Cuts to the head, a broken arm, concussion several times (concussion happened in school though I don’t know if that makes a difference) but I have never been contacted by social services.I work in paediatrics. It’s very common for children to be silent with broken bones. We worry more about quiet children than those screaming. My son actually broke his collar bone age 3, and he was the same as the above poster. Pale, quiet, silent and he didn’t actually identify to me where was hurting. Had I have not been a medical professional would I have taken him to be seen? Maybe not Straight away.
I’ve seen many people with a low iq who think screaming child equals serious injury and this isn’t the case (usually) so I can see how FS could be convinced star was ok.
First time poster here but been following closely.
Also to add, every time a child attends a&e. It doesn’t matter who you are or why you are there you will be asked safeguarding questions. And a report will always be sent to SS for every a&e visit. So my son visited a&e a number of times over the ‘threshold’ (thanks to 3 serious viruses, the broke collar bone and the great day he managed to eat a tub of vitamins) and I was contacted by SS as standard. But was a quick 2 minute phone call where they decided I wasn’t a risk.
they asked every time if there was any ss involvement in the family but never once have social services contacted me about anything.