Nursery World - National agency 'is a must'

The creation of a new national agency for children and families to replace Area Child Protection Committees was just one of the 108 recommendations made by Lord Laming last week in his report on the Victoria Climbie inquiry. The report said that the chief executive of this agency could undertake the functions of a children's commissioner for England and that the agency should report to a new ministerial committee for services to children, which would be chaired by a minister of cabinet rank who was responsible for ensuring that policies, legislation and departmental initiatives affecting children were properly considered, financed and co-ordinated.

The report said that the chief executive of this agency could undertake the functions of a children's commissioner for England and that the agency should report to a new ministerial committee for services to children, which would be chaired by a minister of cabinet rank who was responsible for ensuring that policies, legislation and departmental initiatives affecting children were properly considered, financed and co-ordinated.

The report also called for 'a fundamental change' in the mindset of managers in key public services, and said they 'must see their role in terms of the quality of services delivered at the front door rather than in administrating bureaucratic and sometimes self-serving procedures'.

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