Warning over recurrent failings in abuse cases

agencies doing before the failure of risk assessment of birth and place too much attention on the needs of the mother of a child

Too many babies were killed or seriously injured by child abuse because of failings by the authorities that are repeated throughout the country, a report has found.

Ofsted highlights the recurring units of organizations that conduct before the bankruptcy of the risk assessment of birth, putting too much attention to the needs of the mother at the expense of the child, and underestimate the vulnerability of young children.

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The regulator also warned that staff were underestimating the risks arising from the needs of parents with problems ranging from addiction to stories of abuse, said that parents and adolescents, particular receive sufficient support.

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He cited the case of an island 12-week-old Wight who suffered 16 separate non-accidental fractures after authorities failed to take into account the dangers posed by the history of 19 years, father to become violent when drunk or problems thoroughly with his 17 year old mother.

raised concerns about child care organizations how vulnerable after the death of 17 months of age, Peter Connelly, known as Baby P, while the high-risk register in August 2007.

babies represent a disproportionately large percentage of youth who are the subject of official investigations into the worst cases of abuse or neglect, known as serious case reviews.

under one account for one year for more than a third of 602 children in England, whose death or serious injury was examined by testing evaluated by Ofsted between 2007 and 2011.

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The report identifies a number of lessons from these surveys, especially for health workers, who are usually involved at-risk infants.

In one case, a newborn in Torbay, South Devon, died six days after being released from hospital in just 13 hours old, even if the bodies detailed records of the parental alcoholism, evidence of domestic violence, and concern for the abandonment of older siblings.

• Another serious case study found that concerns about a child who eventually died from severe malnutrition and dehydration could have been marked by your physician if you just threw all its weight on a graph.
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Ofsted also discussed the review of the most serious cases involving children over 14 years, which constitute 18% of the total. We found a clear pattern of these incidents, which included factors such as emotional problems and mental health, homelessness, drug and alcohol abuse, unemployment and problems at school.

Overall, the reviewers found that too often agencies vulnerable adolescents treated as adults rather than children, and focused on challenging behaviors rather than their need for support.

The controller is referred to a case in which a teenager died and another was in critical condition, two days after one of them told the school staff who had made a suicide pact .
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