In a letter to senior managers at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council and South Sefton and Southport & Formby clinical commission groups (CCGs), inspectors requested that an action plan be provided to Ofsted due to the severity of the problems.
Concerns raised following a joint inspection by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) last November into local SEND services in Sefton include a lack of progress among SEN pupils and "unacceptably high" waiting times for children to needing access to speech and language, paediatric, audiology and occupational therapy services.
"Some children and young people wait much longer than others for health services because of where they live in the borough," the letter adds.
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