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Northamptonshire child neglect case: why was toddler allowed to stay at home?

The Guardian

Analysis: Review of Child AU case is clear on the shortcomings of the professionals and services involved Social workers failed to act quickly to protect neglected toddler, inquiry says Life for Child AU, the toddler at the centre of the UK’s latest child protection scandal , was almost unbearably bleak: she was unloved, isolated, underfed, understimulated, (..)

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Social workers failed to act quickly to protect neglected toddler, inquiry says

The Guardian

Northamptonshire safeguarding report criticises care of child during months before she was hospitalised with fracture Social workers failed to act to protect a vulnerable toddler less than three weeks before she was hospitalised with a broken arm, despite warnings that she was neglected and at risk of harm, an inquiry report has concluded.