Reading List

A curated Reading List to support Prevent awareness, proportionate safeguarding practice and first-contact responses in general practice.

Use these sources alongside local safeguarding procedures, local Prevent routes where applicable, confidentiality guidance, violence and aggression policies and incident reporting systems. National arrangements and terminology differ across the UK.

1. Prevent Guidance

• GOV.UK - Prevent duty guidance for healthcare professionals
  Official healthcare guidance for England and Wales on Prevent, safeguarding responsibilities and referral routes. Useful for understanding Prevent in a healthcare context.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance-for-healthcare-professionals

• GOV.UK - Prevent duty guidance
  Statutory guidance for specified authorities in England and Wales setting out Prevent responsibilities and sector expectations. Useful for understanding the broader duty and how to respond proportionately.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance

• GOV.UK - Prevent duty guidance for specified authorities in Scotland
  Scotland-specific statutory guidance for specified authorities, including health boards, on preventing people from being drawn into terrorism. Useful for understanding Scottish Prevent duties and local PMAP terminology.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/prevent-duty-guidance-for-specified-authorities-in-scotland

• GOV.UK - Prevent duty training
  Government Prevent training resources for staff in relevant sectors. Useful for refreshing core awareness and organisational expectations.
  https://www.gov.uk/guidance/prevent-duty-training

2. General Practice Safeguarding

• RCGP - Safeguarding standards for general practice
  UK-wide safeguarding standards for general practice teams. Useful for understanding practice systems, roles and governance.
  https://www.rcgp.org.uk/learning-resources/safeguarding-standards

• GOV.UK - Information sharing advice for safeguarding practitioners
  Advice on proportionate information sharing when a safeguarding concern may be present. Useful for balancing confidentiality with the need to protect people from harm.
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/safeguarding-practitioners-information-sharing-advice

3. Four-Nations Safeguarding Context

• GOV.WALES - Safeguarding guidance
  Welsh safeguarding guidance for children and adults. Useful where Prevent-related concern overlaps with wider safeguarding routes in Wales.
  https://www.gov.wales/safeguarding-guidance

• Scottish Government - National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland
  Scottish child protection guidance relevant where vulnerability, exploitation or radicalisation concern affects a child or young person.
  https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-guidance-child-protection-scotland-2021-updated-2023/

• Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland - Co-operating to Safeguard Children and Young People
  Northern Ireland child safeguarding guidance relevant where vulnerability to radicalisation overlaps with child protection concerns.
  https://www.safeguardingni.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/Co-operating-to-Safeguard-Children-and-Young-People.pdf

Use this Reading List to support local training, reflective practice, escalation processes and fair handling of Prevent-related safeguarding concerns.