Prohibit closing vulnerable child cases until child seen and welfare plan agreed
Laming Inquiry · Laming Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 28 January 2003
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Directors of social services must ensure that no case involving a vulnerable child is closed until the child and the child’s carer have been seen and spoken to, and a plan for the ongoing promotion and safeguarding of the child’s welfare has been agreed.
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Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
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