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The Message From The Baby P Tragedy

by Savitha C Muppala on December 5, 2008 at 5:07 PM
 The Message From The Baby P Tragedy

A right atmosphere of support to erring professionals may lay the foundation for actual learning and improvement which is necessary to make it safer for children, according to a consultant pediatrician in a blog on bmj.com.

Heather Payne discusses the "media orgy of blaming professionals" surrounding the Baby P case. She argues that focusing on the errors of the professionals involved in the case distracts from making practical progress.

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"We should focus on what could have been done differently", she says, "each professional group should identify how they might have modified their practice to fill the gaps."

According to Payne, recent reviews of serious cases such as Baby P have repeatedly called for more observance of procedure and better interagency training and communication without any practical progress or moving forward.
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It is essential that professionals are accountable for their work, but there needs to be "a supportive response to possible errors" or their will be no mechanism to be able to learn and improve.

"This is hard edged, evidence based risk management", but it will make children safer, she concludes.

Payne's blog has led to a heated debate on bmj.com.

Source: BMJ
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