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22 May, 2009 11:24 (GMT +00:00)
Baby P - Second case review slams council, police, doctors, lawyers
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A second Serious Case Review into the death of Baby Peter has branded social workers' actions as "completely inadequate".

Social workers, police, doctors and lawyers have all been hauled over the coals in a series of damning reports saying problems are not confined to the council.

Haringey Council workers lacked urgency and thoroughness and failed to scrutinise his mother sufficiently.

The Review said Peter would still be alive today if he had been taken into care:

"The situation would have been stopped in its tracks at the first serious incident."


First review never published

The first review, chaired by sacked Haringey children's services chief Sharon Shoesmith, was branded inadequate by Children's Secretary Ed Balls and never published.

Author Graham Badman wrote:

"Peter deserved better from the services which were there to protect him."


 
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