WATE-(9) Response Historic Self-assessed

Make failure to report child abuse by staff an explicit disciplinary offence.

Recommendation

Consideration should be given to requiring failure by a member of staff to report actual or suspected physical or sexual abuse of a child by another member of staff or other person having contact with the child to be made an explicit disciplinary offence.

Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Waterhouse Inquiry — Final Report 16 Feb 2000
Recommendation age 26.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates