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Recommendation LAMI-47: Provide 24/7 specialist services for children and families, separate from general teams

From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.

Recommendation

The chief executive of each local authority with social services responsibilities must ensure that specialist services are available to respond to the needs of children and families 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The safeguarding of children should not be part of the responsibilities of general out-of-office-hours teams.

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Government response

No government response to this recommendation is on the record yet.

Delivery

No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched (last checked 27 February 2026). This is separate from the response above.

Source

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003
Recommendation made 23.7 years ago