Recommendation LAMI-84: Revalidate doctors and paediatricians in deliberate harm diagnosis and multi-disciplinary child protection investigations.
From Laming Inquiry — Final Report, published 28 January 2003.
Recommendation
All designated and named doctors in child protection and all consultant paediatricians must be revalidated in the diagnosis and treatment of deliberate harm and in the multi-disciplinary aspects of a child protection investigation.
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.
What other bodies have found
In their own words. These do not change the delivery statement above.
Thirlwall Inquiry legal team (27 February 2026)
The Government accepted this recommendation: Annual appraisal is being introduced for all NHS staff. New licences to practise for doctors, revalidated periodically, are being issued by the General Medical Council. The data from annual appraisal will inform the revalidation process (paragraph 33).
Site note: The Thirlwall Inquiry legal team's own notes on implementation, from its Review of Implementation of Recommendations from Previous Inquiries into Healthcare Issues (version dated April 2025, published 27 February 2026). The review does not colour its Extent of Implementation cell for this recommendation green; it leaves the cell uncoloured where a recommendation was rejected, where evidence of implementation was insufficient, or where steps had been taken but implementation was not yet complete. Table row: section 7.2 No. 84, PDF page 166.
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Who has spoken
- Thirlwall Inquiry legal team
Finding