title: Implications of the AUitt case.
abstract: During the heated debate on resolution three at the recent RCN Congress in Harrogate, the delegates were made aware of the outcome of the Beverley Allitt court case. Resolution three appertained to the protection of children and was submitted by the Health Visitors' Forum. The wording of the resolution, 'That this meeting of RCN Congress will discuss how the protection society offers children can be improved', was tragically prophetic in its timing.
authors.affiliation: Vice Chairman RCN Society of Paediatric Nursing.
authors.forename: Edward Alan
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Glasper
authors.affiliation: Secretary Paediatric Community Nurses Forum.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Whiting