What To Record In Five Minutes

FACTS What does FACTS capture? Useful versus risky wording The useful version can be assessed; the risky version overstates beyond the evidence. I do not have time to write it properly. Your line I will make a factual five-minute note now and add any permitted detail through the proper route. Waiting until memory fades so the note can be polished. Fresh facts beat elegant late prose. What should never be the only record? A verbal mention to a colleague. If it is not in the safeguarding record, the system may not see it.

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