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When children fall through the cracks

21 April 2023 / Lucy Logan Green
Issue: 8021 / Categories: Features , Child law , Family , Community care
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A more robust system for sharing information is essential to ensure that chances to protect vulnerable children are not missed, says Lucy Logan Green
  • The recent case of Kaylea Titford proves the need for social services professionals to communicate effectively in order to protect children’s wellbeing.
  • Without strong and effective information-sharing between different professionals, children will continue to be let down by the system that is there to protect them.
  • A more robust system is needed to ensure cases like Kaylea’s do not happen again.

Recent cases which have hit news headlines have highlighted the potentially fatal effects of a lack of social services intervention with families in need. In particular, the case of Kaylea Titford from Newtown, Powys, has emphasised the need for professionals to communicate effectively with one another in the best interests of the children they are there to protect.

Considering just briefly what we know about Kaylea’s case: she died about two weeks after her 16th birthday in the most squalid

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