Local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) have the challenging and often complex task of bringing together many different agencies to agree area-wide approaches to safeguarding and co-ordinate funding - as well as commission serious case reviews and child death reviews and arrange joint training of professionals on child protection.
It is a role they have performed with mixed success, attracting much criticism - and sometimes sympathy - along the way.
A 2015 report by the Local Government Association and Research in Practice highlighted a lack of clarity on the role of LSCBs and insufficient power to hold partners to account. Other key barriers to effectiveness included lack of funding and staffing at key partner organisations (see graphics).
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