Recommendation LAMI-49: Review cases and meet professionals when other agencies raise concerns

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

Recommendation

When a professional from another agency expresses concern to social services about their handling of a particular case, the file must be read and reviewed, the professional concerned must be met and spoken to, and the outcome of this discussion must be recorded on the case file.

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

Inquiry Laming Inquiry

Report Laming Inquiry — Final Report 28 Jan 2003

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Themes and tags

Care safeguarding systems Underinvestment in Children's Social Care Public protection planning

Recommendation made 23.7 years ago