Abuse, neglect and death seem to be very common words in today's society which we once again fail to prevent. Today, a 27 year old mother from London, was sentenced to eight years imprisonment after brutally torturing her two month old baby Rhys to death. Rhys suffered various injuries including 17 fractured ribs, a broken wrist and shoulder.However, i find it difficult to understand why organisations such as social services and health agencies who directly engage with targeted families failed to see the neglect and abuse Rhys had been suffering from. A worry for society is these organisations are directly engaging with families but yet still failing to see the need of support that these helpless young children require, especially since the death of baby P. The back drops are all to familiar, prevailing a history drug abuse, sex offending, alcoholism or some form of a mental illness. The questions is how many deaths will take place before health agencies and authorities are able to communicate effectively amongst one another in order to save lives?
"We have fully implemented the findings of the review, but we continue to keep a close eye on things to see if there is more we can do to improve,"
Reading the above comment made by Kim Bromley-Derry, executive director for children and young people at Newham Council it seems that previous cases of neglect have made very little difference to the way in which organisations serve society. Experienced health workers are unable to notice the signs of abuse at an early stage nor whilst the abuse is taking place. Is this what we call an improvement to services or do we continue to allow unfit parents abuse their children up until their last breath.
http://www.nspcc.org.uk/
http://www.childline.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7934298.stm
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