Questions over the effectiveness of serious case reviews resurfaced last week as Tim Loughton, the children's minister responsible for safeguarding, confirmed the government would retrospectively publish the full reviews of four high-profile cases, including that of Baby Peter.
While social workers voiced fears that publishing past cases in full could result in a renewed backlash against their profession, there seemed to be an agreement that the current system of reviews needs strengthening to better support staff to learn from such tragic cases.
In a surprise move last week, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), which had previously opposed publishing serious case reviews in full, came out in support of the new government's stance after stressing that the capacity to learn from current reviews is minimal.
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