In the second ever case of a referral of SEND services to the Secretary of State, after Suffolk which was published earlier this month, Care Quality Commission (CQC) and Ofsted inspectors found local area leaders at the council and the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, had failed to make progress in two out of four areas of concern.
These were identified following an inspection in October 2016.
Among concerns raised in a recent letter to Hartlepool Borough Council's director of children's and joint commissioning services Sally Robinson, is that education, health and care (EHC) outcomes are "neither measurable nor meaningful for too many children, young people and families".
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