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| Jamie Kightley death: Serious case review highlights concerns | Jamie Kightley death: Serious case review highlights concerns |
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| Experts have criticised a paediatrician who "apparently failed" to identify child abuse injuries on a baby. | Experts have criticised a paediatrician who "apparently failed" to identify child abuse injuries on a baby. |
| Jamie Kightley suffered brain injuries and more than 40 fractures before his death at Northampton General in 2012. | Jamie Kightley suffered brain injuries and more than 40 fractures before his death at Northampton General in 2012. |
| Parents Jacqueline Parker, 21, and Adam Kightley, 24, of Northampton, are serving seven-year jail sentences for causing or allowing his death. | Parents Jacqueline Parker, 21, and Adam Kightley, 24, of Northampton, are serving seven-year jail sentences for causing or allowing his death. |
| A serious case review found there were failures but, it concluded, they would not have prevented Jamie dying. | |
| The report by the Northamptonshire Safeguarding Children Board - in which Jamie is given a the pseudonym Kieran - highlights concerns about the hospital and police handling of the case. | |
| The author, Dr John Fox, said there had been a "significant breakdown" between police and the consultant paediatrician involved in the case. | The author, Dr John Fox, said there had been a "significant breakdown" between police and the consultant paediatrician involved in the case. |
| The police, he said, arrived at the hospital one hour after their control room was informed of the death. | The police, he said, arrived at the hospital one hour after their control room was informed of the death. |
| By the time police got there, the paediatrician who had failed to identify "significant child abuse injuries" had left to go to another ward, the report claimed. | By the time police got there, the paediatrician who had failed to identify "significant child abuse injuries" had left to go to another ward, the report claimed. |
| Dr Fox said: "It is my view that the failure of the responsible paediatrician to recognise the serious and extensive bruising on Kieran's [Jamie's] body as potentially being caused by child abuse is puzzling and very concerning." | Dr Fox said: "It is my view that the failure of the responsible paediatrician to recognise the serious and extensive bruising on Kieran's [Jamie's] body as potentially being caused by child abuse is puzzling and very concerning." |
| According to the police, the consultant "declined" to speak with officers because he was "busy with another patient". | According to the police, the consultant "declined" to speak with officers because he was "busy with another patient". |
| Instead, officers saw an accident and emergency doctor and Jamie's bruises were discovered. | Instead, officers saw an accident and emergency doctor and Jamie's bruises were discovered. |
| Dr Fox added: "The paediatrician whose responsibility it was to co-ordinate and lead this multi-agency investigation into how and why Kieran [Jamie] died failed to do so in a reasonable and helpful way." | Dr Fox added: "The paediatrician whose responsibility it was to co-ordinate and lead this multi-agency investigation into how and why Kieran [Jamie] died failed to do so in a reasonable and helpful way." |
| The report also identified that the primary professional working directly with the family after Jamie was born was a student health visitor. | The report also identified that the primary professional working directly with the family after Jamie was born was a student health visitor. |
| Although Dr Fox said there was nothing to suggest the student's work had been at fault, he concluded the family was not one "suitable" for such an inexperienced health visitor to have been assigned to. | Although Dr Fox said there was nothing to suggest the student's work had been at fault, he concluded the family was not one "suitable" for such an inexperienced health visitor to have been assigned to. |
| Six recommendations have been made by the review team including earlier systems for notifying police of child deaths and reassurances from the hospital about safeguarding training. | Six recommendations have been made by the review team including earlier systems for notifying police of child deaths and reassurances from the hospital about safeguarding training. |