Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
When a child suffers a serious injury or death as a result of child abuse or neglect, understanding what happened and why can help to improve our responses in the future. Understanding the impact that the actions of different organisations and agencies had on that child’s life and on the life of their family is essential to improve our collective knowledge.
The Herefordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership has a legal duty to undertake reviews of serious cases (Rapid Reviews and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews) where a child has died or suffered serious harm, and abuse or neglect is known or suspected. The criteria for such reviews is set out in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
The purpose of Rapid Reviews and Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews is to identify improvements to be made to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. Reviews should seek to prevent or reduce the risk of recurrence of similar incidents.
Recently Published Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews:
The HSCP published LCSPR “Child HN” on 18 March, 2024. Read the report here – Final Report LCSPR Child HN
The HSCP published the Executive Summary of Serious Case Review Louise on 28 November, 2022. Read the Executive Summary – SCR Louise - Executive Summary
The HSCP published CSPR Peer on Peer Abuse on 21 February, 2022. Read the full CSPR Peer on Peer Abuse .
- Read the Learning Briefing for CSPR Peer on Peer Abuse Learning Briefing - Peer on Peer Abuse .
- Use these Presentation Slides on CSPR Peer on Peer Abuse to disseminate information through your teams.
The HSCP Published SCR Matthew on 7 February, 2022. Read the full report for SCR Matthew here .
- Read the Learning Briefing for SCR Matthew here
- Use these Presentation Slides for SCR Matthew to disseminate information through your teams.
Learning Lessons from Rapid Reviews and Case Reviews
The following learning briefings have been published in response to learning from case reviews in Herefordshire and nationally:
- Rapid Review "Toby" - learning briefing
- Rapid Review Learning - Diabetes Management and Cross-boundary Issues
- Rapid Review Learning - Non-Accidental Head Injury to Baby
- Professional Curiosity Learning Briefing - February 2023.
- Trauma-Informed Practice and ACES Briefing
- Routine Domestic Abuse Enquiries – Learning briefing
- New partners in a caring role – 7 minute learning
- Safeguarding Young Children from Non-Accidental Injury Caused by Male Carers – 7 minute learning
- Abusive Head Trauma – 7 minute learning
- Childhood Obesity Awareness – 7 minute learning
- Fractures in Infants – 7 minute learning
Herefordshire has signed up to the Regional Framework for completing Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews. See Regional Local Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews Framework.
The local pathway for Rapid Reviews and JCR Children’s Referral Form can be accessed on the West Midlands Child Protection Procedures pages here
When a Child Safeguarding Practice Review is completed, the HSCP will publish the report on this website for at least three years, unless doing so is considered inappropriate. The report will also be submitted to the NSPCC case review repository.
If it is not deemed appropriate to publish a report locally, the HSCP will seek to publish it anonymously on the NSPCC case review repository. Any information about improvements identified following the review will also be published, where appropriate to do so.
The HSCP also follows its Media and Communications Protocol when publishing a case review. See HSCP Media Protocols .
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel is an independent panel that commissions reviews of serious child safeguarding cases that have national interest.
Local authorities notify the national review panel when a serious incident or death of a child occurs and abuse is known or suspected, or when a child who was in care sadly dies.
Latest publications and information about the panel’s work can be found on their website here
Click on the links below for NSPCC Case Review pages including the national Case Review Repository containing a searchable resource over 1,000 reports from across the UK: