Baby P report reveals failings of state agencies

A DAMNING report released yesterday revealed that multiple failings by government agencies led to the death of 17-month-old Baby Peter in 2007.

The toddler died in Tottenham, north London, in August 2007 after months of abuse. He had suffered more than 50 injuries, despite receiving 60 visits from social workers, doctors and police over an eight-month period.

The previously secret documents expose the failures of social workers, doctors, lawyers and police. “In this case, the practice of the majority, both individually and collectively... was incompetent,” the serious case review said.