TY - JOUR T1 - An integrated care pathway for looked after children can facilitate multi-agency coordination JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 987 LP - 987 DO - 10.1136/adc.2005.072645 VL - 90 IS - 9 AU - D Simkiss Y1 - 2005/09/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/9/987.1.abstract N2 - Looked after children are a vulnerable population at risk of unidentified and unmet health needs. Coordinated input from health, social care, and education services for these children is required by government but is not easily achieved.The focus on looked after children has sharpened with the Quality Protects programme, a major initiative launched in 1998 to improve their life chances. In 2002, the Department of Health (DH) published guidance on how to develop … ER -