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'Improvement' at Baby P council | |
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Ofsted inspectors are expected to say later that children's services at Haringey council have improved since the death of baby Peter Connolly. | |
The 17-month-old was seen repeatedly by social workers at the north London authority before he died in August 2007 with more than 50 injuries. | |
An emergency Ofsted inspection in 2008 found the council's children's department was the "worst ever seen". | |
It resulted in Haringey's director of children's services being sacked. | |
Since that inspection, Peter's mother, her ex-partner and another man have been jailed over his death. | |
Extra spending | Extra spending |
The report due to be published by Ofsted looked at the quality of child protection in Haringey and is expected to say that standards have improved. | The report due to be published by Ofsted looked at the quality of child protection in Haringey and is expected to say that standards have improved. |
Ofsted's previous report was scathing about the way the department was run and said there had been a failure to identify children at immediate risk of harm. | Ofsted's previous report was scathing about the way the department was run and said there had been a failure to identify children at immediate risk of harm. |
The lead inspector in the review of Haringey's services, Heather Brown, had said: "The concerns that arose from this exercise were extremely serious - fundamental to the way that safeguarding systems were operating in Haringey." | The lead inspector in the review of Haringey's services, Heather Brown, had said: "The concerns that arose from this exercise were extremely serious - fundamental to the way that safeguarding systems were operating in Haringey." |
She said the quality of practice in the department had been the "worst I had ever seen", with "only a single example of good practice" found in the whole inspection. | She said the quality of practice in the department had been the "worst I had ever seen", with "only a single example of good practice" found in the whole inspection. |
It had been claimed at the time of Peter's death that the department was facing budget cuts. | It had been claimed at the time of Peter's death that the department was facing budget cuts. |
But since then the government has spent £2m to improve child protection in the borough. | But since then the government has spent £2m to improve child protection in the borough. |
Haringey's former director of children's services, Sharon Shoesmith, is awaiting a High Court judgement over the circumstances surrounding her dismissal from her job, claiming Ofsted, the government and Haringey Council acted unlawfully. | Haringey's former director of children's services, Sharon Shoesmith, is awaiting a High Court judgement over the circumstances surrounding her dismissal from her job, claiming Ofsted, the government and Haringey Council acted unlawfully. |