No Date Date of Local Authority Summary Issues Learning/Recommendations Themes incident 1 01/16 06/2011 Milton Keynes of 7 week old No concerns about the child’s Professionals working with infant deaths Child A baby care were identified. Mother adults must understand co-sleeping Co-sleeping with was known to police as both a parental behaviour in terms parental substance mother who had perpetrator and victim of of the impact on the child; misuse Consume alcohol and crime and was supported by behaviour in pregnancy domestic abuse cocaine domestic abuse services. should be seen as a potential Mother had issues related to: child protection issue; alcohol and drug misuse; Threat of withdrawal from housing; mental health engagement should be seen problems; and lack of as an indicator of risk. engagement with professionals. Overview report can be at: 2 01/16 02/13 Greenwich Death of a limited knowledge of Need for a a single system for child deaths Child S girl of family's history in London to ensure health visiting neglect; Somalian heritage in Somalia; services are notified by GPs of new asylum seekers family regularly children who move into the area and transient families February 2013. found between local a notification system to ensure that interpreting services evidence of authorities making it universal and children's services are housing services fractures, indicative harder to share informed any housing moves of health visiting of a non-accidental information and vulnerable families. injury. Both parents provide support; convicted of neglect. mother's family sometimes interpreted rather than an independent
No Date Date of incident Local Authority Summary Issues Learning/Recommendations Themes 1 01/16 06/2011 Milton Keynes Child A of 7 week old baby Co-sleeping with mother who had Consume alcohol and cocaine No concerns about the child’s care were identified. Mother was known to police as both a perpetrator and victim of crime and was supported by domestic abuse services. Mother had issues related to: alcohol and drug misuse; housing; mental health problems; and lack of engagement with professionals. Professionals working with adults must understand parental behaviour in terms of the impact on the child; behaviour in pregnancy should be seen as a potential child protection issue; Threat of withdrawal from engagement should be seen as an indicator of risk. infant deaths co-sleeping parental substance misuse domestic abuse Overview report can be at: 2 01/16 02/13 Greenwich Child S Death of a girl of Somalian heritage in February 2013. found evidence of fractures, indicative of a non-accidental injury. Both parents convicted of neglect. limited knowledge of family's history in Somalia; family regularly between local authorities making it harder to share information and provide support; mother's family sometimes interpreted rather than an independent Need for a a single system for London to ensure health visiting services are notified by GPs of new children who move into the area and a notification system to ensure that universal and children's services are informed any housing moves of vulnerable families. child deaths neglect; asylum seekers transient families interpreting services housing services health visiting