A serious case review published today by Haringey’s local safeguarding children board (LSCB) found that the child, referred to as Child T, was taken to hospital with suspicious injuries in June 2010 and February 2011.
He was eventually taken into care in June 2011, aged four.
The report concluded that communication between agencies, and management arrangements within them, were insufficient.
“Because of failings in the system, this child suffered physical abuse that could have been prevented,” Haringey LSCB chair Graham Badman said in the report.
Haringey’s child protection standards have previously come under the microscope following the deaths of Baby Peter Connelly in August 2007 and Victoria Climbie in February 2000.
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