The revisions will be completed by the end of the year and will place a stronger focus on the perspective of the child. Draft guidance will be issued for formal consultation by the autumn.
Revisions to chapter eight of Working Together, which deals with serious case reviews, will be fast-tracked, with the government promising a separate consultation on this by July 2009. This is so that lessons learned from the reviews can improve local practice "as quickly as possible".
The government promised various other consultations and reviews to implement Lord Laming's recommendations in full. These include:
* A new set of national safeguarding indicators by the end of September 2009
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