The independent review intended to free social workers from excessive paperwork and too many rules so they can spend more time working directly with vulnerable children and their families has been broadly welcomed by children's organisations and social workers.
Professor Eileen Munro of the London School of Economics has been asked by education secretary Michael Gove to look at ways to improve frontline child protection and report back with final recommendations by April 2011. Interim reports will be made in September and next January.
This latest review comes after mounting public disquiet at the failure of child protection professionals to prevent the deaths of Baby P and Khyra Ishaq. The Government has ordered that in future, reviews into serious abuse cases will be published to help restore public confidence in the system. Professor Munro will also look at how serious case reviews can be strengthened, or whether there are more effective ways to ensure lessons are learned when something goes badly awry.
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