Theodore Dalrymple—The Death of Baby P
Horrific case of child abuse, neglect and death in UK. Ultimate responsibility rests with overbloated govt . Nanny State here we come!
It is not very difficult to predict the outcome of the official inquiry into the death of Baby P, the 17-month-old child who, like Victoria Climbi, died a horrific death in Haringey despite being well known to child protection services there.
The report will note with asperity the number of opportunities lost, many of them obvious even to non-specialists, to save Baby P. It will discover that procedures were not followed and forms were not filled in correctly. It will draw attention to the lack of communication between all the agencies involved in his so-called care, and point out the imperative need for better communication between those agencies.