Archive for baby p
Want an injunction? Don't think all you need is a lawyer
When the convictions came through in the court trial over the death of Baby Peter in 2009 I had my own small experience of trying to hold the line on a legal order of anonymity against the social media tide. The courts initially ruled that the names of those convicted should be kept secret but there was [...]
Great Ormond Street Hospital finally apologies to whistleblower who was suspended rather than listened to
Belatedly, and after initially refusing to follow the recommendations of an investigation, Great Ormond Street Hospital has apologised to whistleblower Kim Holt who raised concerns about the unit that subsequently failed to properly protect Baby Peter. Kim Holt (along with three other senior consultant paediatricians) tried to warn about serious failings in the unit which [...]
How Great Ormond Street’s Jane Collins escaped investigation last year
Jane Collins, the Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital, is facing calls to resign after it was revealed that critical details about the hospital’s role in the death of Baby Peter were withheld from one inquiry into the tragedy and, despite the hospital’s subsequent claims, were also not supplied to the second inquiry. However, [...]
Pressure builds on Great Ormond Street Hospital as second inquiry author joins criticisms
Yesterday I blogged about Lynne Featherstone‘s call for Jane Collins to quit as Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital following revelations that key information was withheld from the first inquiry into Baby Peter’s death and, despite the Hospital’s claims to the contrary, the public statement from the chair of the second inquiry that he [...]
Great Ormond Street Hospital under fire over claims it covered up blunders
Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone today called for Jane Collins, Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), to resign after the BBC published evidence that key criticisms of the hospital were withheld from an inquiry into the death of Baby Peter. In a further twist today, claims by the hospital that they subsequently did [...]
Mother left 10 children starving and lice-ridden in same borough where Baby P and Victoria died
That’s the Evening Standard headline about the latest tragedy in the London Borough of Haringey, home already to two of the most shocking and notorious failures in child protection in recent years: A mother has been jailed for the abuse of 10 children in her care in Haringey, the borough at the centre of the [...]
Social workers sacked over Baby P lose their appeal
From the Evening Standard: Two social workers sacked over the Baby P tragedy have lost their claim for unfair dismissal, it emerged today. Gillie Christou and Maria Ward claimed they were unjustly fired by Haringey council in response to the public outcry about the toddler’s horrific death. But an employment tribunal panel ruled that the [...]
Baby P whistleblower stands as councillor
From the Evening Standard:
The whistleblower who warned that Haringey social services were failing to protect children just six months before the death of Baby P is to stand for election there as a Liberal Democrat councillor.
Former social worker Nevres Kemal, above, who will contest the Noel Park ward, said she will try to rid the [...]
David Lammy and Quentin Davies provoke warning from Treasury over ministerial behaviour
Rapid criticism of Public Accounts Committee reports from Quentin Davies (defence minister) and David Lammy (higher education minister) have resulted in the Treasury issuing a memo warning that such behaviour can result in ministers being censured.
As the November edition of Public Servant reports:
An attack by two ministers on parliamentary reports revealing waste and incompetence in [...]
Is no news better than official news?
Paul Evans’s blog piece on the pros and cons of local councils in effect challenging the role of local newspapers with their own publications highlights many of the issues. There’s one that I’d add to the list, and it is about holding councils to account. It’s understandable that many councils are sufficiently frustrated by the [...]
