Recommendation LAMI-50: Implement systems to action communications during social services staff absence

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

Recommendation

Directors of social services must ensure that when staff are absent from work, systems are in place to ensure that post, emails and telephone contacts are checked and actioned as necessary.

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