Petrina Stocker, of Romford, east London, was last week convicted of manslaughter of her nine-year-old son David following her actions at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), which were attributed to fabricated and induced illness.
Despite the concerns of professionals at GOSH and Oldchurch Hospital in Havering, leading to a formal child protection referral in April 2001, Havering social services did not follow up agreed actions, and health professionals discharged David despite a multi-agency decision not to do so.
David was diagnosed on readmission to GOSH as having a neuropsychiatric disorder. He died on 20 August 2001.
Mark Rees, chief executive at Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust, which now manages Oldchurch hospital, said that as well as appointing a named worker to co-ordinate multi-agency meetings, the hospital also appointed named paediatricians to lead on each case where child protection issues were raised.
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