Directors are concerned that increasing numbers of field forces aredistracting their attention from the Every Child Matters agenda. Theywant the DfES to take drastic action to reduce the number of forcesvisiting children's services departments.
In particular, directors want officials to sign up to a new protocol andthey hope to reach an agreement at a meeting this week. The protocolwill seek to ensure that field forces are kept in proportion to thelocal authority's need.
It could mean local authorities are no longer visited by forces in areaswhere they are performing well.
Several directors told Children Now that the issue was coming to a headand needed to be urgently resolved.
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