Recommendation 179: Skilled staff in every department

From The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991, published 27 October 1992.

Recommendation

No Social Work Department should be without a sufficient proportion of its staff adequately skilled and knowledgeable in the identification, investigation and management of problems of child protection (19.14).

Jurisdiction: UK-wide

Page: 362

Reference: Summary of Recommendations, no. 179

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 Orkney Inquiry

Report The Report of the Inquiry into the Removal of Children from Orkney in February 1991 27 Oct 1992

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Themes and tags

Staff training and development Children's health staff shortages Recruitment and retention plans

Recommendation made 34.0 years ago