A report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found that Baby P, who can now be called Baby Peter, had 34 contacts with health professionals at North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust and Haringey Teaching primary care trust (PCT).
Despite this, a series of failures meant tell tale signs of abuse were not acted upon.
The report highlights key issues in the lead-up to Baby Peter's death including:
* Poor communication between health professionals and other agencies
* A lack of awareness among some staff of child protection procedures
* Poor recruitment practices meaning some staff were inexperienced in child safety
* Shortages of staff leading to delays in seeing children
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