Serious Case Reviews

When a child dies, and abuse or neglect are known or suspected to be a factor in the death, local organisations should consider immediately whether there are other children at risk of harm who require safeguarding.

When a child dies in such circumstances the Sandwell SCB always conducts a Serious Case Review into the involvement with the child and family of organisations and professionals to

• Establish whether there are lessons to be learned from the case about the way professionals and agencies work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children

• Identify clearly what those lessons are, how they will be acted upon, and what is expected to change as a result

• Improve inter-agency working to better safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

To see more detail about how Serious Case Reviews are conducted in Sandwell, please go to our:

• Serious Case Reviews Procedure

• Sandwell Serious Case Review (Chapter 8 Working Together - now archived) Practice Guidance (March 2011)

• Sandwell Notification of a Significant Safeguarding Incident - Practice Guidance

Case Summaries

At the end of each Serious Case Review, a full ‘Overview Report’ is completed, together with an Executive Summary.

Executive Summaries published since 2006 are provided below – to access earlier Executive Summaries, please Contact Us.

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