It will come as no surprise to anybody that in the wake of publicity
surrounding the tragedies of Daniel Pelka, Keanu Williams and Hamzah Khan, there
has been a big jump in calls to the NSPCC’s Helpline from members of the
public.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24602910
Many of these calls will be passed through to the statutory agencies
which in turn are probably experiencing more direct referrals.
I say it will have come as no surprise to anybody, but in
most places no more resources will have been made available to cope with the
increased volume of work. The likelihood is that triage will be more tightly
applied (or ‘thresholds’ raised, if you like to put it that way).
The more pressure there is on resources the greater the
likelihood of a high-risk case falling by the wayside and creating the
conditions in which another tragedy might occur.
Why do I constantly get the feeling that we shouldn’t be
starting from here!!
