article_snippet.sent: Now a review released today has called for a host of lessons to be learned after several agencies fell short in sharing information that could have highlighted A six-month-old baby's vulnerability.
article_snippet.sent: A school had also raised concerns about the way other children in the family were being brought up.
article_snippet.sent: Mary's siblings' school had already raised concerns that the two eldest children were overweight, staying off school and left to look after the two eldest children baby brother while the two eldest children parents stayed in bed.
article_snippet.sent: The report said: 'Whilst agencies had some concerns about the older children, agencies generally worked to single rather than multi-agency agendas and processes. '
article_snippet.sent: There was some evidence of good informal liaisons such as between the school and the education welfare officer, or the school and school nurse, but generally the level of inter-agency communication required to support a family with four children was not achieved. '
article_snippet.sent: her was a vulnerable child and a discussion between health professionals may well have highlighted important information about [the mother’s] history of not engaging with health services in respect of her children and the shared information may have led to further action.'
article_snippet.sent: Chairman Howard Cooper said: 'Predicting the likelihood of such an outcome for a vulnerable baby is difficult to achieve with any meaningful degree of accuracy. '
article_snippet.sent: ” Chairman Howard Cooper said a number of recommendations had been made in the wake of the infant's death to improve working relationships between agencies tasked with supporting vulnerable children and the infant's death to improve working relationships between agencies tasked with supporting vulnerable children and their families families.
article_snippet.sent: The 10 findings made by the board included an assessment that the follow-up services by Mary’s hospital and community health services were “ineffective” for a vulnerable baby in the care of parents with a “very poor history of co-operation”.
highlights_snippet.sent: Came amid concerns about alcohol abuse, domestic violence and neglect .