The government has come under fire for preventing organisations that are testing out alternative methods of reviewing cases of child abuse and neglect from including the most serious of cases.
Barnardo's is currently working alongside the Social Care Institute for Excellence, trialling a "systems-based approach" to serious case reviews, as recommended in Professor Eileen Munro's review of child protection.
But the charity's head of safeguarding, Jenny Myers, told CYP Now that none of the pilots have been permitted to use the proposed system on deaths, where a serious case review must take place, as in the cases such as Peter Connelly. Instead, the method is being tested on "near-miss" cases, where a serious case review is not currently mandatory, but local authorities are advised to undertake one at their discretion.
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