Ages of Concern: Learning Lessons from Serious Case Reviews focuses on lessons learnt over the past four years from reviews of serious incidents involving babies under the age of one and children over 14.
Of the 482 serious case reviews evaluated between 2007 and 2011, which involved 602 children, 35 per cent were babies aged under 12 months and 18 per cent were children aged 14 and over.
Shortcomings in timeliness and quality of pre-birth assessment, which is aimed at identifying risks early, were found in many of the cases involving babies.
There were also repeated examples of agencies underestimating the risks for children arising from their parents’ background and lifestyle, whether they related to drug or alcohol misuse or domestic violence.
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