What's happened to follow up the recommendations in the Laming review? Lord Laming's progress report on the child protection system in England was published in March 2009. Almost one-fifth of its 58 recommendations relate to serious case reviews (SCRs). The 2006 version of the cross-government guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children, sets out the purpose of and processes for undertaking a SCR, and many of the recommendations in the Laming review refer back to that guidance, suggesting that the SCR chapter in particular needs an urgent rewrite. The redrafted chapter eight of the guidance is now out for consultation.
What is a serious case review? SCRs are reviews of cases where the abuse or neglect of a child is known or suspected, the child has suffered serious harm or has died, and where there is reason for concern about the way in which agencies, their representatives or other professionals have been involved in that case.
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