The child protection system in Scotland will be replaced if it continues to fail children who are at risk of abuse, First Minister Jack McConnell warned last week. He was addressing a meeting in Glasgow of local authority, health, police and voluntary sector representatives following a review of the system which found that half of all children at risk or neglect were not adequately protected or cared for. Mr McConnell said barriers at local level were hampering the effective running of the system, 'but the bottom line is that if the system goes on failing to protect children, then we will not protect the system.'
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