Absolutely and wholeheartedly agree with Stewart E – next time a kid gets killed look at what caused it and re-read the Laming report – the professionals can’t do their job properly unless they have a holistic view of other interactions of their colleagues with the family and these don’t exist in one place (now). Contactpoint wasn’t going to give you any detail on what the interaction was – it simply flagged that there was an ongoing interaction so other professionals knew.

Consent to information sharing is all very well, but the parents of the children most at risk are notoriously difficult to reach and often devious and manipulative. They are highly unlikely to be ticking any consent to share boxes anytime soon.

oh, my mistake – you’re applauding it’s demise. Oddly, care, education and health professionals aren’t. maybe they’re better placed to know what’s best?

idiot.