A report into the launch of a hub in Devon found that under the new system barriers to information sharing were cut, referrals were more likely to lead to an intervention and cases were dealt with more swiftly.
National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER), which evaluated the hub, concludes in its report that "there was a widespread consensus among those interviewed that the Mash model was transferable to other local authority areas".
Devon’s Mash was set up following the Laming review in 2008, which criticised poor communication and information sharing across police, social care and health professions in tackling child protection.
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