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Recommendation LAMI-77: Doctors must provide written statement of deliberate harm concerns to social services.

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

Recommendation

All doctors involved in the care of a child about whom there are concerns about possible deliberate harm must provide social services with a written statement of the nature and extent of their concerns. If misunderstandings of medical diagnosis occur, these must be corrected at the earliest opportunity in writing. It is the responsibility of the doctor to ensure that his or her concerns are properly understood.

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